Charities estimate the homeless population to number at 200,000, four times the official figure.
NEW DELHI: As the sun goes down, Mr Rattan Kapoor’s day begins. He leads a rescue team, looking out for homeless people seeking shelter at bus stops and pavements., the city’s homeless population is most vulnerable at night, when the temperature can drop to as low as 1.4 degrees Celsius.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bhartiya Janata Party said that 162 homeless people in Delhi died in December due to reasons such as cold and hunger.On colder nights, Mr Kapoor and his team rescue dozens of people, who are brought to shelters managed by charities like his. They have been built by the local Delhi government which is led by the Aam Aadmi Party.
With just a plastic sheet separating her family and the cold outside, this winter has been especially harsh.
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