India, Dec. 8 -- Delhi Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood on Sunday announced that the city will set up over 200 new night shelters, pagodas and temporary waterproof tents to ensure that no homeless person is forced to sleep outdoors as temperatures continue to plunge.

The assurance came during his late-night inspections of two-night shelters, one at Hanuman Mandir (Code 215) and another at Chabi Ganj's women's wing (Code 629).

Sood said the Delhi government is treating winter preparedness as a top priority. "No homeless person in the city should be compelled to spend the night out in the open," he said, directing officials to scale up capacity immediately in view of the intensifying cold wave.

During the inspection, the minister r...