Bhubaneswar: Shelter for Urban Homeless has been created across the state to ensure no needy are left abandoned in the street.
In a recent case, it was observed that in the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) area, some people are still sleeping on the footpath which was very disheartening. All the ULBs have been instructed to activate their patrolling team formed for the purpose.
An urgent meeting of the CMC SUH team, State SUH team, and NGO OPUS working in this field was convened on Sunday. The meeting chaired by Sarada Prasad Panda, Joint Secretary, H&UD, and Director, State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), held in the conference hall of SUDA discussed the matter in detail and instructions have been issued to all the ULBs to activate their patrolling team, OPUS, engage the community partners i.e. Mission Shakti SHGs and make sure they are linked to the nearest SUH.
The team CMC Cuttack was directed to come up with an action plan by June 21, 2023, for driving this important issue in the city. They should start taking steps from Sunday itself. The state government would bear the cost implication of this.
Swetapadma Satpathy, Deputy Commissioner, CMC, and her team, State SUH Team, and NGOs working in partnership with the Urban Development department participated in the meeting and decided to “Let’s do everything possible to take care of every shelterless person in the ULB areas of the state”.
