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Now: Mumbai: Saturday, October 05, 2019.
The
Mumbai civic body has said construction of 125 shelter homes for the homeless
in the city is underway, and 20 such structures will be made available in the
next couple of months.
Responding
to an RTI query filed by activist Anil Galgali, the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) has said it was following a Supreme Court order to construct
one shelter for every one lakh people in the metropolis.
The
RTI reply stated the civic body plans to construct 148 such shelters across
Mumbai.
Of
these, construction of 125 shelter homes is underway, and 20 of them will be
made available in the next couple of months, the BMC said in its reply.
Asked
why the civic body had failed to come up with the required number of shelters,
a senior civic official, requesting anonymity, attributed it to "space
crunch".
He
said, "The city is already space-starved, even for those who have money in
their pockets. Providing shelters for the poor is a challenging job for us. The
BMC, however, has stepped up its efforts to provide shelter homes."
The
official said this was the first time shelter homes were coming up in the
financial capital.
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