Urban homeless, transgender people say they are in need of financial assistance during lockdown
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May 08, 2021 15:57 IST
Many homeless residents of Chennai say they do not have ration cards or access to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Medical Insurance Scheme
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Activists in the city have requested Chief Minister M K Stalin to reach out to vulnerable sections of the society including the urban homeless and some transgender persons. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B
Many homeless residents of Chennai say they do not have ration cards or access to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Medical Insurance Scheme
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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