(Siasat News) Winter has begun. During evenings, cold wind make us feel that winter has started. People have started people have started using warm clothes and bed sheets. On the other hand, there are thousands of persons who spend these cold nights at railway stations, footpaths and other Govt. places. They can’t dream of any shelter during their lifetime. It is their fate to bear the cold of winter nights. Ours is the largest democracy and many people in our country are forced to spend their nights at public places. There is not any place which they could call it their “home”.
It is astonishing that Supreme Court has passed orders for providing shelters to such houseless persons. Govts are indifferent to such issues.
Last year, some N.G.O’s had conducted a survey of houseless persons. It was noticed that nearly five thousand persons in the city are houseless out of which nearly 2000 belong to old city. Muncipal Corporation had identified 50 places for consulting had identified 40 places of consulting shelters but only 12 night shelters were constructed. Philanthropic persons and organizations should come forward to solve this problem.
–Siasat News–