Summary:
A homeless person will have to pay maximum of 10 per cent of his income as rent for living in a shelter for urban homeless. Thus, Surat must have at least 50 shelters for urban homeless. SURAT: Surat Municipal Corporation ( SMC ) under the Central Government’s National Urban Livelihoods Mission ( NULM ) is in the process of constructing seven shelters for urban homeless (SUH) in the city.Centre and state government are giving 100 per cent capital grant for the project, with five expected to be ready by the year-end. The shelter will provide dormitory type accommodation, with each person getting 50 square feet of space there. A labourer earns Rs300 per day and is compelled to build huts either on an open ground or roadside.“The basic aim of NULM is to provide shelter to labourers..