Mumbai has more than 57,000 people living on the streets. Now, as per the new plans, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be building 150 night shelters, each with a capacity to accommodate 100 people at a time, for the homeless.

However, people working towards rehabilitation of street dwellers, claim that there is a need for at least 575 night shelters in Mumbai, according to the census of 2011. They say that very little is provided for the city’s homeless in the recent draft Development Plan (DP) of the BMC.