Provide shelters so people don't die of cold: SC to states

December 13, 2011 11:40

The Supreme Court has directed states to ensure that adequate night shelters are provided to the homeless during the winter so that "not a single person died" from the cold.

The capital, Delhi, along with Indian-administered Kashmir and the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are usually badly hit by the cold. More than 50 people died in the cold in northern India last year.

The cold snap also forced authorities to close down schools.

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