Supreme Court seeks details on shelter facilities for homeless as mercury drops
The Hindu
Supreme Court seeks details from DUSIB on homeless facilities in Delhi for impending chilly winters.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 3, 2024) sought details from the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) on the facilities available for housing homeless persons in the National Capital in view of the impending chilly winters.
"We are concerned. We are on the eve of what is going to be a very chilly winter," a Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan observed.
The Supreme Court asked the DUSIB to give details about the number of persons who could be accommodated in shelter homes and an estimate of those requiring such facilities.
The Bench said if there was any deficit in the facilities available, the DUSIB would also apprise how it proposes to deal with such a situation.
The Supreme Court was hearing a matter concerning the right to shelter of homeless persons in the urban areas.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for one of the petitioners, said the Supreme Court had passed several orders in the matter, terming it an important issue.
He said the total capacity of shelter homes in Delhi was only around 17,000 persons and the DUSIB had demolished nine such shelter homes.
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