To protect the poor homeless from intense cold, the Haryana Government on Saturday said it has set up 103 night shelters across the State, and 30 mobile night shelters will be set up in nine cities within a week to meet the increasing demand.
Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain said the Urban Local Bodies Department was making adequate arrangements to provide the facility of night shelter in all municipal areas for poor homeless people. She urged social welfare organisations to contribute to better management of the night shelters.
Jain said CM Manohar Lal himself was closely monitoring proper arrangements at these night shelters. The municipal administration in 80 cities has made adequate arrangements for mattresses, quilts and blankets after identifying night shelters.
Additional arrangements have been sought by the administration in Gurgaram, Faridabad, Rohtak, Bahad-urgarh, Yamunanagar, Panipat, Sonepat, 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 will be in working order within a week.
Jain urged the general public to generate awareness among the needy homeless to make use of these night shelters, and also inform the civic authorities and officers of the district administration about any requirements or improvement to be made.