Two buses of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
(APSRTC) will be modified by removing all the seats and made available
for shelter-less people and destitutes during night time.     

These
buses after modification will turn as temporary night shelters and
would move to places like government hospitals, Indo- American Cancer
Hospital where attendants of poor patients coming from various parts of
the country for treatment can sleep in these buses during night time.

GHMC
commissioner Somesh Kumar said that APSRTC has joined hands with the
GHMC for providing two buses and they will be placed where the
requirement is more to provide  shelter to the people at nights. The
GHMC is also planning to provide mobile toilets near temporary night
shelters for the convenience of the people, he added.

A rapid
survey conducted recently has identified 3,498 shelterless people and
only 1,600 people were keen on staying in night shelters. Since most of
them were not willing to stay in night shelters, the GHMC is planning to
take up a special drive to explain them about the benefits of night
shelters.

The commissioner said that the corporation will take up
construction of compound walls for 385 open spaces at a cost of Rs 49
crore.

He further requested the public to provide information
regarding open spaces in their localities to the GHMC through call
centre 155304.