Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s Rapid Survey of Shelters
conducted during between January 20-21 by deploying about 95 teams all
across 18 circles of GHMC has revealed that a total of 3,498 people,
including 978 women sleep on roads, pavements, open spaces without
proper shelter and there are 447 such locations around the city.

The
survey was held after the GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar, reviewed the
functioning of the existing shelters and it was proposed to conduct a
rapid survey to know the field problems so that the concept of Night
Shelter can be analysed and strengthened.

While 1,209 had migrated
to the city for a livelihood and had found themselves homeless, around
724 were on the roads after arriving in the city as patient attendants
for medical treatments. Nearly 488 of them were in the city for
temporary works and another 127 of them were just in transit. Over 300
had no permanent home  whereas 647 had various other reasons for
sleeping on roads.

Of the total 3,498, around 1,539 expressed
their willingness to shift to a GHMC night shelter. And of the total,
1,078 were beggars. South zone topped the list of those who were here in
the city with temporary works and those who had migrated for a
livelihood where as those who had come for medical treatments and as
patient attendants were the most in Central zone.

The GHMC has
compiled and analysed the data in terms of gender, nature of stay,
occupation and area of operation to make suitable arrangements to the
shelterless people. The corporation is now preparing a plan to address
the issue of shelterless in Hyderabad involving various stakeholders.