The Delhi government has started converting schools in Ghazipur into night shelters to stop the mass exodus of migrant labour affected by the coronavirus lockdown.
T
he Delhi government has announced that it will be converting schools in the Ghazipur area into night shelters to accommodate hundreds of migrant workers walking back home due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia visited Ghazipur on Saturday morning and met migrant labourers.
“We have started converting schools here (Ghazipur) into night shelters to accommodate these people. I request people to not leave their homes or shanties. Homeless people can stay at night shelters. We have the capacity to feed the people of entire Delhi,” he said.
