Haryana to set up 30 mobile night shelters for homeless

  • | Sunday | 7th January, 2018

CHANDIGARH: In the wake of intense cold weather conditions, the Haryana government has decided to set up 30 mobile night shelters in nine cities of the state within a week. The governemnt has already set up 103 night shelters across the state for homeless people, the press release issued here added.Haryana urban local bodies minister Kavita Jain said the department was making adequate arrangements to provide facility of night shelter in all municipal areas for the poor and homeless. She urged social welfare organisations to contribute to better management of the night shelters.Jain said chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was closely monitoring proper arrangements at these shelters and municipal administration in 80 cities had made adequate arrangements for mattresses, quilts and blankets after identifying night shelters.Additional arrangements have been sought by the administration in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Yamunanagar, Panipat, Sonipat, Panchkula and Kurukshetra for which approval for setting up 30 mobile night shelters had been given.Out of these, 17 shelters have already been set up and the remaining would be functional within a week.

CHANDIGARH: In the wake of intense cold weather conditions, the Haryana government has decided to set up 30 mobile night shelters in nine cities of the state within a week. The governemnt has already set up 103 night shelters across the state for homeless people, the press release issued here added.Haryana urban local bodies minister Kavita Jain said the department was making adequate arrangements to provide facility of night shelter in all municipal areas for the poor and homeless. She urged social welfare organisations to contribute to better management of the night shelters.Jain said chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was closely monitoring proper arrangements at these shelters and municipal administration in 80 cities had made adequate arrangements for mattresses, quilts and blankets after identifying night shelters.Additional arrangements have been sought by the administration in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Yamunanagar, Panipat, Sonipat, Panchkula and Kurukshetra for which approval for setting up 30 mobile night shelters had been given.Out of these, 17 shelters have already been set up and the remaining would be functional within a week.

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