Dehradun. In view of the warning given by the Meteorological Department about increasing cold along with rain in the state, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed all the District Magistrates to provide adequate facilities in night shelters as well as distribute quilts and blankets to the needy people.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday directed all the District Magistrates to make adequate arrangements to protect from cold at the tehsil level. Along with starting night shelters as per the need, homeless people and families should be shifted to night shelters, especially children, women and sick people should be provided immediate night shelter facilities. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that blankets and quilts should also be distributed, apart from this, arrangements for bonfires should also be made at prominent places. The Chief Minister said that due to snowfall at high altitudes and increasing cold at lower places, the district administration should take precautions at its level and provide all kinds of facilities to the needy people.
