India, Dec. 19 -- With cold wave conditions intensifying across Gautam Budh Nagar, the district administration has stepped up measures to ensure that no homeless or destitute has to sleep in the open, directing officials to boost facilities at night shelters and intensify outreach in vulnerable areas, officials told HT on Thursday.

Visiting the night shelters in Sector Delta 2 and Pari Chowk on Wednesday, district magistrate (DM) Medha Roopam instructed officials to ensure that all night shelters are fully equipped with beds, mattresses, clean blankets, drinking water, toilets, lighting and security, and that these facilities are maintained round the clock during the winter months.

Emphasising on outreach, the DM directed field-level of...