The women’s shelter home in Mankhurd has been in the news for all the wrong reasons of late — crowded and unsanitary livisng conditions and poor security top the list. One can safely say though that Mankhurd may not be the only destitute women’s shelter with these conditions. Mankhurd may only be one part of a widespread and common malaise.

First of all, the state needs many more shelter homes for women rescued from prostitution, and abuse. Because of the paucity of shelters, women are crammed into these homes. Shelters that may have a capacity of 50 or so may have at least 150 women living in them.