No homes for the homeless: How Maharashtra lags in implementing Centreâs urban shelter scheme
Itâs a combination of inadequate shelters, poor facilities, and an apathetic administration.
Shambhavi Thakur
On a footpath adjacent to a busy road in suburban Mumbai, Baban, 54, prepares to sleep on a mat laid on the ground. This has been his makeshift home since 2011, much like the pavement on the other side of the road.
âWhen they shoo us from there, we come here,â he said. âAnd when they shoo us from here, we go there.â
Baban is one among the 2,10,908 homeless people in Maharashtra, according to the