SC directs Delhi govt to shelter all homeless by evening

SC directs Delhi govt to shelter all homeless by evening
20th Jan 2010 New Delhi

The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the Delhi government
to provide night shelters to all of the capital's homeless by this
evening.

Taking note of the plight of the homeless during the ongoing cold
wave, the apex court ordered the government to hold a meeting by
4.30 pm to decide how the order was going to be carried out.As
reported by IBN Live.

Justices Tarun Chatterjee and S Radhakrishnan told the government
representative to immediately advertise the locations of all the
night shelters in the capital through television and print media.
The authorities must also ensure that the night shelters have basic
amenities such as blankets, electricity and toilets, the judges
ordered.

Civic authorities run 40 night shelters in Delhi. Their combined
capacity cannot house even a small fraction of the capital's
estimated 150,000 homeless people.