According to the latest National Report on the Status of Shelters for Urban Homeless, released in 2014, Ranchi should ideally have 11 night shelters, including exclusive ones for women and their dependent children as well as for families living on the streets. It has only four, besides a couple of shelter homes for children. As per the 2011 census, Jharkhand has a homeless population of over 23,000. There is no official data but it is likely that a significant number of them is in the capital Ranchi.

The shelters are run not by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation but by NGOs and private organisations brought in by the government. The RIMS Hospital shelter, for one, is run by Annapurna Utility Services, a private company.

Read the full report by Anna Priyadarshini: https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/10/13/watch-grim-scenes-from-ranchis-night-shelters

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