The Hindu 23.12.2014
10 community halls become night shelters for homeless
A homeless man braves the cold wave in the Capital.Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
With North India in the grip of cold wave, the Delhi
Development Authority has decided to convert ten of its community halls
into temporary night shelters for the homeless.
DDA
Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar has directed ten community halls to be
handed over to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to set
up temporary night shelters, which would be available till January 31,
2015, to tide over the acute winter of Delhi.
The move comes in pursuance of the directions of the Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung.
The
community halls are located at Dwarka, D-Block, Pocket-3, Bindapur;
Dwarka, Block-E, Bindapur; Dwarka, Sector-1, Isolated Pocket – 15,
Mahavir Enclave, Dwarka and Pocket-21-A, Naseerpur.
Besides
these, there are others at Rohini, Sector-B-7; Naharpur Village,
Rohini; North Sec. B-2, Narela; Sector –B2, Pocket-F, Narela;
South-Village Masoodpur, Masoodpur; East-Near Police Station Krishna
Nagar; Kanti Nagar; and Phase-III Kondli Gharoli.
It
is to be noted that the Delhi High Court has been pulling up the Delhi
government and also the DUSIB over lack of proper night shelters for
homeless.
