Cuttack Municipal Corporation not to take fee from homeless to stay in night shelters

Bhubaneswar | Thursday | 14th February, 2019

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BHUBANESWAR: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has decided not to take any user fee from homeless people who want to stay in the shelters of urban homeless (SUHs) in Cuttack city. However, it can collect user fee from the people with income source. But the CMC was arbitrarily collecting fee of Rs 20 from everybody.”He said this order will immensely help the homeless people. They had also alleged that the CMC made identity card mandatory to stay in the shelters.The rights panel had issued notice to CMC commissioner and Cuttack collector to submit their reply on February 1. “People who were staying under open sky with dogs can get shelter in the SUHs,” he added..