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04-01-23 06:21 pm ಫೋಟೊ

Homeless people shiver in biting cold in Delhi

Delhi on Sunday recorded the minimum temperature at 5.5 degrees Celsius.

The piercing chill forced thousands of homeless people to shiver on the streets.
A homeless woman sits by the entrance to a dilapidated shelter for homeless people in New Delhi.
India's 2011 census figures show about 47,000 of the city's residents were sleeping homeless, but activists say the number is a vast underestimate and that New Delhi has more than 150,000 rough sleepers.
Official figures also show the city's 195 homeless shelters can accommodate only about 19,000 people, leaving tens of thousands struggling to keep warm.
A homeless family and their dog sit around a bonfire outside a night shelter for homeless people on a cold night in New Delhi.
A homeless family and their dog sit around a bonfire outside a night shelter for homeless people on a cold night in New Delhi.
A homeless man lights a cigarette as others sleep in the open under an overpass on a cold night in New Delhi.
Many night shelters are overcrowded, with unclean toilets. Rooms stench of rot and sometimes there is no water. In picture: Sewer water flows next to a shanty built in the compound of a dilapidated shelter for homeless people in Delhi.