Photos: For Delhi's homeless, braving the winter is a daily struggle
As temperature plunges to bone-chilling levels in the national capital, lakhs of homeless people are forced to take shelter on footpaths, under flyovers.
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As temperature plunges to bone-chilling levels in the national capital, lakhs of homeless people are forced to take shelter on footpaths, under flyovers and even in public urinals because of the lack of night shelters. Firstpost's Tarique Anwar and photographer Naresh Sharma went all over the city to access the situation and found that winter remains the harshest period for the city's homeless. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost
With home-shelters over-flowing many continue to sleep out on the roads of Delhi. Some homeless people said that this is a safer option than government run homes, which often have alcoholics and drug addicts. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost
Most shelters are over-crowdeded in Delhi. Some people told Firstpost that shelter tend to charge them and very often they are too poor to afford these prices. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost
For some who are on the roads,their little plastic homes are all protection they have. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost
The winter brings no respite to those who don't have homes as the city just doesn't have enough shelters for them. For 1.5 lakh homeless people, Delhi just has 222 shelters, including tents, which can only accommodate 17,100 people at the most. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost