As the temperature dipped in the city, thousands of homeless people continued to sleep in the open as the Delhi government has failed to provide enough night shelters for them. The city government claims that they have enough night shelters for around 10,000 homeless but the number of total homeless persons in the city is 56,000 as per data provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

However, urban development minister said that temporary night shelters will be constructed near the overcrowded night shelters.