“If this is the case, I won’t apply for the shelter project in the upcoming years,” said Vinay Stephen, secretary of the Sadik Masih Medical Social Servant Society – among the six NGOs that oversee the Delhi government’s 195 night shelters.
Stephen’s organisation has been battling a crisis of funds with the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board yet to clear its dues for nearly one year. At least three other NGOs are facing the pinch. All of them had been granted a tender by the DUSIB, which functions under the Delhi government, to oversee the shelters and offer various services such as caretakers, electricity, maintenance and sanitation, etc.
