Shelter for urban homeless: Govt rope in Kudumbashree to conduct survey

The shelter homes would provide adequate security, sanitation facilities and drinking water for the homeless The Shelter for Urban Homeless scheme is being implemented as part of the National Urban Livelihood Mission Kudumbashree, the all-women self-help group, will be the nodal agency of the programme in the state  Kudumabshree would conduct a survey of the homeless living in urban areas of the state on July 15

The homeless and the poor sleeping in the streets, will soon get a shelter in Kerala, with the state government drawing up a sustainable housing programme for them. 

The Shelter for Urban Homeless scheme is being implemented as part of the National Urban Livelihood Mission. Kudumbashree, the all-women self-help group, will be the nodal agency of the programme in the state. 

These round-the-clock shelter homes would provide adequate security, sanitation facilities and drinking water for the homeless, according to PTI. A discussion with police personnel, night vendors, night security men and drivers of night service autos and taxis would be conducted to find out the deserved beneficiaries.

As a prelude to the launch of the housing scheme, Kudumabshree, would conduct a survey of the homeless living in urban areas of the state on July 15. Sustainable shelter homes would be built in each urban centre across the state, according to the number of homeless identified in the survey, Kudumbashree executive director S Harikishore said in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. 

A team, comprising members of the National Urban Livelihood Mission, corporation, municipality, health department and the police, would conduct the survey. Each team would comprise at least three members, Kudumbashree sources added.

A pilot survey, conducted in selected urban centres of the state recently, identified over 250 homeless people, Harikishore said, adding that a detailed survey plan would be prepared incorporating these details.