As the cold wave grips the national capital, some people are forced to take refuge in night shelters in search of food, shelter and some warmth to help them sustain through the chilling night.
Visuals from the Jama Masjid area, AIIMS Delhi area and other areas showed people wearing thick blankets and trying to get some sleep in the cold conditions.
Delhi on Wednesday experienced further dip in the temperature and a thin layer of fog covered parts of the city. At 5.30 am, 5.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at the city.
As minimum temperature dips to single digits in Northern plains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday inaugurated and inspected some of the night shelters and distributed blankets and food to the needy people in Gorakhpur along with local MP Ravi Kishan.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed all the District Magistrates to provide adequate facilities in the night shelters as well as distribute quilts and blankets to the needy people, following a warning from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) regarding a drop i
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh inaugurated a training center and three night shelters for Building and Other Construction Workers (BOC) on Thursday.
To ensure adequate arrangements at 'Rain baseras' during the ongoing heat wave, Delhi's Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday afternoon conducted a surprise inspection of several night shelters in Delhi,
The park authorities said that they have installed water ponds and fans at night shelters for animals, which are running 24 hours a day to protect them from the heatwave.
The decision was taken after the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) convened a crucial board meeting on Friday, where important decisions were taken to benefit the public.
On Friday, the city saw the season's first cold wave day, which, according to the India Meterological Department, is recorded when the minimum temperature goes below 4 degrees Celsius.