New Delhi: At least 106 people, most of the homeless people, have died in Delhi this month due to cold conditions, the center of non-governmental organizations for holistic development (PJK) has claimed and written to the head of Minister Arvind Kejriwal who asked him to make people -People like that during the winter.
While officials from the Board of Increasing Urban Shelter Delhi (Dusib) denied that death had occurred due to colds, Delhi police officers admitted that the number of deaths among homeless people who suffered medical problems rose during the winter.
“There is no death because it’s cold.
However, death among homeless people because of other problems, such as accidents, diseases, alcohol and drug-related problems, carried out, but the Dusib did not maintain the data, “said an official, asked anonymously prepared by a report.
NGO, 106 people have died of cold In Delhi between January 1 and January 19.
From here, North Delhi District recorded the number of maximum deaths (33).
Northwest Delhi recorded 13 and Delhi South and was looking at nine deaths respectively.
Delhi Barat and New Delhi reported eight deaths each Each during this period, the report was claimed.
“These are homeless people who spend their night in the open, on the roadside or outside the store.
Most of the deaths occur due to cold conditions this month, “Sunil Kumar Aledia from a holistic development center is claimed.
The PJK consists of lawyers, policy researchers and volunteers who actively analyze government policies and prepare land reports to identify gaps for effective implementation.
Aledia said CHD Buying data from an integrated zonal police network, or zipnet project, started by the Ministry of Houses Union in 2014.
NGO in his letter to Kejriwal, who is also the Chair of the Dusib, claiming: “In the midst of cold weather in Delhi, 106 people, including six women , Died in Delhi until January 19.
“” The Dusib survey in 2014 has identified 16,760 homeless in Delhi.
However, the actual number of homeless people who sleep on the roadside is more than one lakh, “claimed The capacity of 9,330 homeless people Ghat, Jamuna Bazaar, Chandni Chowk, Delhi Gate, Asaf Ali Road, Jama Mosque, Azadpur, Okhla, Badli, Kingsway Camp, Nizammuddin and Sarai Kale Khan.
Although not all deaths can be linked coldly, the number of deaths among the homeless people suffer from problems Medical rises to winter.
“Even though the initiative was taken and the availability of housing houses, there was no rejection of the death of homelessness due to cold.
But this is those who sleep on the railroad, carts, sightseeing, outside shops …
this happens even though all agents work together to save people like that, “the officer said.
Delhi reports one of the cold spells The longest January, according to the Indian Meteorology Department.
Maximum temperature has been lower than normal since the second week of January.
This is largely caused by clouds and rain prevents long sun exposure between January 9 and January 19, said a weather expert.