New Delhi, May 05: The Supreme Court today hauled up the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar for seeking central funds to provide shelter to destitutes and said the state authorities should have done this on its own.
Expressing displeasure at Bihar government’s attitude, the apex court said “what could be a greater need than protecting human lives? You need Government of India funds and till then you can’t set up shelters?
A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Gyan Sudha Mishra was irked by Bihar’s stand in contrast to all the other states which, in response to a PIL by civil rights group PUCL had agreed to provide special shelters to the homeless and destitutes at the rate of at least one shelter for areas having a population of one lakh.
–Agencies