People struggle to cope with cold weather in Delhi - in pictures
Dozens of people including patients seeking treatment at Delhi's hospitals are forced to sleep on the pavement, at bus stands and in subways in unhygienic conditions amid the harsh cold. All photos: Taniya Dutta / The National
Patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences are forced to sleep outdoors in temperatures as loow as freezing
Shelters have capacity for about 17,000 people, and beds are allotted on a first-come-first-served basis. This leaves thousands more still on the streets in the cold
Dozens of people including patients seeking treatment at Delhi's hospitals are forced to sleep on the pavement, at bus stands and in subways in unhygienic conditions amid the harsh cold
Reena Devi, 30, and her son Roshan Raj, 12, who has arthritis, outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
A mother holds her baby among a sea of sleeping people at an underpass in Delhi
Pavements, bus stands and subways are packed with people seeking shelter
A thick blanket of morning fog has engulfed the city for weeks, disrupting flights and rail transport
A long waiting list and lack of accommodation for hundreds of outpatients means spending nights in the open outside the hospital
Volunteers hand out food on the streets as temperatures drop
Dozens of people including patients seeking treatment at Delhi's hospitals are forced to sleep on the pavement, at bus stands and in subways in unhygienic conditions amid the harsh cold
Dozens of people including patients seeking treatment at Delhi's hospitals are forced to sleep on the pavement, at bus stands and in subways in unhygienic conditions amid the harsh cold
