CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, MLA Rampur Maniharan Devendra Nim distributed blankets to the needy, poor and helpless people in the Upper Primary School Malhipur. The district administration is identifying the eligible people and taking action to distribute blankets to them. Along with this, instructions have also been given to make arrangements for lighting bonfires at identified places in all tehsils to protect them from the cold wave. E-rickshaws are also being operated by the district administration to transport the helpless, poor and destitute people sleeping in open spaces, roads and footpaths at night to night shelters. These e-rickshaws will be stationed in the control room and will bring the people sleeping in open spaces or on the roadside in various areas of the city to the night shelters.

A control room has been set up in the Collectorate to protect the destitute, poor and helpless people from the cold wave in the district. This control room will operate 24×7. Employees have been deployed for the control room. Along with this, 28 night shelters have been arranged in the district which have the capacity to accommodate 443 people. On this occasion, Deputy District Magistrate Sadar Ankur Verma along with party officials and related officials were present.