The youngest Minister in her Cabinert, 26-year old Rakhi Birla, conducted a surprise inspection of various government- run night shelter homes to assess their conditions and listened to the complaints of the dwellers there.
According to the sources, she started out at 10.40 PM yesterday and continued her visits till 4.15 AM this morning.
"The conditions of the shelter homes are bad as they don't have any facilities. Sanitation is a major problem here," Birla said.
"People at the shelters also complained about bad maintenance at these homes. Stench was pervasive at the homes and they were over-crowded," sources said.
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She also sought explanations from the officials in charge to explain the condition.
Birla visited shelters in Mangolpuri, Rajouri Garden, Azadpur in Adarsh nagar, Qutub Road, Lori Gate among others.