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Delhi Homeless Deaths: Matter Sent To Assembly's Privileges Committee
The AAP leader termed the matter as "sensitive" and urged Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to send the matter to the Privileges Committee.
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Delhi To Rehabilitate The Homeless In Night Shelters During Winter
Delhi has launched an initiative to rehabilitate homeless people in shelter homes across the city during the winter season, its Home Minister Satyendar Jain said today.
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1,100 Homeless In Delhi Prefer Streets Over Shelters: Delhi Shelter Board
As icy winds and cold conditions swept Delhi this winter, authorities in the national capital failed to persuade more than 1,100 homeless people to temporarily move to night shelters, according to official data
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Delhi’s Homeless Get Their Own 'Mohalla Clinics'
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated two mohalla clinics for homeless people on Friday. The clinics have come up at Dandi Park, near Kashmere Gate ISBT, in north Delhi and Sarai Kale Khan in south Delhi. “It is the first time that a government is trying to give a respectful life to the poor. Earlier governments thought of p...
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Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Wants More Night Shelters For Homeless
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today ordered the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to open more night shelters which he said "give a sense of security" to homeless families.
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'Blanket Drive' for the Homeless - An NDTV and Uday Foundation Effort
December 28 was Delhi's coldest night. The mercury fell to as low as 2.6 degrees Celsius. And in this bone chilling cold, there were many who slept on streets on pieces of cardboard and covered themselves with plastic sheets. These homeless people struggled to keep themselves alive.
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No New Year Cheer for the Homeless in Delhi
For many like Anjum, curled up under a tattered tarpaulin with her three-month-old daughter on a chilly night on the footpath of Delhi, New Year brings no cheer but only misery.
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Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu Promises More Night Shelters in Delhi
Urban Development and Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday promised more night shelters in the national capital saying nobody should be forced to sleep in the open at night.
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Delhi: Night Shelters to be Managed by Management Agency
In a bid to improve the maintenance of night shelters across the national capital, Delhi government has decided to give the management of 20-25 homes to a Shelter Management Agency (SMA).
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Delhi: Relief for homeless as abandoned buses turn into night shelters
The Aam Aadmi Party government announced on Tuesday that old abandoned buses would be converted into temporary night shelters for the homeless.
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After NDTV report, Govt shifts homeless AIIMS patients to temporary shelter
Today, Delhi experienced its coldest morning of the season with temperature dropping bon-chillingly low to 2.7 degrees Celsius. The cold is particularly excruciating for the patients who don't get beds inside hospitals and have been virtually living on the pavements.
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Late night, little security, they counted Delhi's homeless
The census enumerators have been assigned the task of counting the homeless in the national capital. And in an attempt to make the exercise foolproof, the enumerators, along with the NGO volunteers, combed the streets of Delhi at night.There are nearly 30,000 enumerators - over half of them women. Like Sunita Negi who leaves her home at 8.30 pm to ...
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Delhi's homeless prefer streets to night shelters
Even as Delhi shivers in the bone-chilling winter, the city's homeless prefer to sleep on the streets, rather than use the 150 night shelters. Said to range from 67,000 to 150,000, they cite reasons of lack of safety and facilities.
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Homes under water, many Delhi residents have nowhere to go
Unending rains, the swollen Yamuna river and dirty sewage water have made life hell for thousands of people in Delhi's low lying areas, many of whom are spending their days on pavements and rooftops. Wading through knee-deep water and not even able to cook a day's meal, their lives have come undone.A walk through northeast Delhi's Yamuna Bazar, one...
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Meal Vs Blanket: Homeless faced with cruel choices
Studies show the homeless eat less in winter because they spend that money in keeping themselves warm.
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Delhi Homeless Deaths: Matter Sent To Assembly's Privileges Committee
The AAP leader termed the matter as "sensitive" and urged Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to send the matter to the Privileges Committee.
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Delhi To Rehabilitate The Homeless In Night Shelters During Winter
Delhi has launched an initiative to rehabilitate homeless people in shelter homes across the city during the winter season, its Home Minister Satyendar Jain said today.
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1,100 Homeless In Delhi Prefer Streets Over Shelters: Delhi Shelter Board
As icy winds and cold conditions swept Delhi this winter, authorities in the national capital failed to persuade more than 1,100 homeless people to temporarily move to night shelters, according to official data
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Delhi’s Homeless Get Their Own 'Mohalla Clinics'
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated two mohalla clinics for homeless people on Friday. The clinics have come up at Dandi Park, near Kashmere Gate ISBT, in north Delhi and Sarai Kale Khan in south Delhi. “It is the first time that a government is trying to give a respectful life to the poor. Earlier governments thought of p...
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Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Wants More Night Shelters For Homeless
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung today ordered the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to open more night shelters which he said "give a sense of security" to homeless families.
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'Blanket Drive' for the Homeless - An NDTV and Uday Foundation Effort
December 28 was Delhi's coldest night. The mercury fell to as low as 2.6 degrees Celsius. And in this bone chilling cold, there were many who slept on streets on pieces of cardboard and covered themselves with plastic sheets. These homeless people struggled to keep themselves alive.
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No New Year Cheer for the Homeless in Delhi
For many like Anjum, curled up under a tattered tarpaulin with her three-month-old daughter on a chilly night on the footpath of Delhi, New Year brings no cheer but only misery.
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Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu Promises More Night Shelters in Delhi
Urban Development and Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday promised more night shelters in the national capital saying nobody should be forced to sleep in the open at night.
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Delhi: Night Shelters to be Managed by Management Agency
In a bid to improve the maintenance of night shelters across the national capital, Delhi government has decided to give the management of 20-25 homes to a Shelter Management Agency (SMA).
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Delhi: Relief for homeless as abandoned buses turn into night shelters
The Aam Aadmi Party government announced on Tuesday that old abandoned buses would be converted into temporary night shelters for the homeless.
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After NDTV report, Govt shifts homeless AIIMS patients to temporary shelter
Today, Delhi experienced its coldest morning of the season with temperature dropping bon-chillingly low to 2.7 degrees Celsius. The cold is particularly excruciating for the patients who don't get beds inside hospitals and have been virtually living on the pavements.
-
Late night, little security, they counted Delhi's homeless
The census enumerators have been assigned the task of counting the homeless in the national capital. And in an attempt to make the exercise foolproof, the enumerators, along with the NGO volunteers, combed the streets of Delhi at night.There are nearly 30,000 enumerators - over half of them women. Like Sunita Negi who leaves her home at 8.30 pm to ...
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Delhi's homeless prefer streets to night shelters
Even as Delhi shivers in the bone-chilling winter, the city's homeless prefer to sleep on the streets, rather than use the 150 night shelters. Said to range from 67,000 to 150,000, they cite reasons of lack of safety and facilities.
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Homes under water, many Delhi residents have nowhere to go
Unending rains, the swollen Yamuna river and dirty sewage water have made life hell for thousands of people in Delhi's low lying areas, many of whom are spending their days on pavements and rooftops. Wading through knee-deep water and not even able to cook a day's meal, their lives have come undone.A walk through northeast Delhi's Yamuna Bazar, one...
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Meal Vs Blanket: Homeless faced with cruel choices
Studies show the homeless eat less in winter because they spend that money in keeping themselves warm.
