Question : HOMELESS PEOPLE

(a) whether a number of homeless people die every year in the absence of proper facilities in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi;

(b) if so, the number of such cases reported during each of the last three years and the current year;

(c) whether any investigation has been conducted in this regard;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the main cause of such deaths; and

(e) the measures taken by the Government to check such cases in future?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) to (d): No such data is collated by the Government.

(e): Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board is running and maintaining 66 Permanent Night Shelters and 84 Temporary Night Shelters in Delhi. In these night shelters, facilities of drinking water, cooler, toilet, blankets, TV etc. are being provided by Board to the inmates staying in Night Shelters.