Following Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's directives to ensure that no one sleeps in the open during cold nights in the state, the Local Government Directorate has finalized its preparations within the urban bodies.
"The cold is increasing. In such a situation, today I met the patients staying in night shelters, their families and citizens, to know about their well-being. It is the responsibility of all of us to ensure that the people staying in night shelters do not face any kind of problem, necessary
As the chill intensifies, residents are resorting to various measures to keep warm. While some are looking at night shelters, others are gathering around bonfires to beat the cold.
In a bid to assess and improve the conditions of night shelters in the national capital, Delhi's Urban Development Minister, Saurabh Bharadwaj, undertook a surprise inspection of shelters near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday.
According to the officials, a pair of female lions from Alipur Zoo in Kolkata and another pair from Tripura will be brought in the first week of January next year. The construction works of an enclosure on 20 acres of land and night shelters are about to be completed.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to Varanasi inspected the 'Tent City' on Sunday. The CM also made a surprise inspection of the Town Hall night shelter and distributed food and blankets to the destitute.
The Yogi government has bought 4,96,883 blankets for distribution in all 75 districts of the state, out of which more than 2,86,740 blankets have already been given to the needy.
The Yogi government has bought a total of 4,96,883 blankets for distribution in all 75 districts of the state of which more than 2,86,740 have already been given to the needy.
Keeping in view the biting cold wave night shelters have been arranged for the homeless people of Delhi. 197 shelter homes have been built across Delhi.