Third shelter for urban homeless opens in capital city

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Bhubaneswar, June 26: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday opened a ‘shelter for urban homeless (SUH)’-the third of its kind at Baramunda Bus Terminal here, thanks to its people-centric initiative.

The latest SUH with strength to accommodate 12 persons (eight males and four females) was inaugurated by Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Chandra Panda.

Inaugurating the facility, the Minister said that poor people, who had been deserted by their family members and who lived on platforms or in places such as bus stands and railway stations will be provided shelter.

Among others present were local MP Prasanna Patsani, MLA Bhubaneswar (North) Priyadarshi Mishra and MLA Bhubaneswar (Central) Bijay Kumar Mohanty, BMC Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena, Deputy Mayor K Shanti and councilors of BMC.

Currently under the National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy (NUHHP), 2007, the city has two SUHs running one each at Malisahi in Kharvela Nagar and near Kargil Road in Bhimpur area under Airfield police limits. The Kharvelanagar SUH and Bhimpur SUH can house 28 persons each. After adding the third such facility, all three can house 68 persons now.

Each SUH having adequate supply of electricity, water, sanitation, and meals provided  at the shelter must fully subsidized for old, infirm, disabled women, men and all children.

Efforts has been initiated to mark the location of the homeless shelters through Global Positioning System (GPS) on maps so that location of a shelter is available on city maps, travel guide maps, online maps, etc. published by various agencies for easy access to the shelters, informed BMC officials.

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