-Newsclick.in Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board rejects data provided by the Centre for Holistic Development. More than 140 homeless people in Delhi have died due to the extreme cold so far, highlighting the urgent need for providing shelter to people living on the road. “So far, 145 homeless people in Delhi have died,” Sunil Kumar Aledia, executive director, Centre for Holistic Development (CHD), told Newsclick over the phone on Monday. Backing its claim...
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106 deaths in Delhi in January due to cold, claims NGO; Officials deny
-PTI/ The Hindu Delhi reported one of the longest cold spells this January At least 106 people, mostly homeless persons, have died in Delhi this month due to cold conditions, non-government organisation Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) has claimed and written to ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to make proper arrangements for such people during winters. While officials from the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) denied that deaths have occurred due to...
More »‘He kept asking for water’: Destitute man rescued from Kashmere Gate -Shinjini Ghosh
-The Hindu New Delhi: When Sunil Kumar Aledia came across a man lying on the road on Wednesday he first mistook him for a dead body. It was only after inching closer that he realised that the person was breathing very lightly, he said. “Paani (water) is all that he kept repeating and managed to say. Then I bought a bottle of water and gave it to him,” said Mr. Aledia, convenor...
More »SHOCKING: 33, 000 homeless people died on Delhi streets since 2004, 8 deaths every day
-IANS New Delhi: In a shocking revelation that could be seen as an indictment of the past governments in Delhi and at the centre, a report of union home ministry has claimed that more than 33,000 homeless people have perished in the national capital since 2004. According to the data released by the zonal integrated police network under the union ministry, 33,518 homeless people died in Delhi between January 2004 and October...
More »Over 1,000 bodies found in city in ’14
-The Asian Age New Delhi: Over 1,000 unidentified bodies, mostly homeless, have been found in the city till June 7 this year. Interestingly, around 551 such unclaimed corpses were recovered from across the city since April 1. According to data compiled by Centre of Holistic Development (CHD) a Delhi-based NGO working for homeless a total of 1,012 unidentified dead bodies have been recovered in the city across the 12 police districts since...
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