these cases buttress the need for a comprehensive policy for shelters for the homeless said dr amod kumar from mngo st stephens hospital according to data available with mngo 11 temporary night shelters have been gutted from february to april but the police do not lend credence to this theory and prefer to attribute it to shortcircuit or inflammable material the raghubir nagar shelter had come up as part of the winter arrangement for homeless by the state government besides there are 64 permanent shelters in various parts of the city these shelters are unsuitable for summer due to their vulnerability to fire and storms the latest fire raged through bii block park of the jj colony at raghubir nagar but these tents easy fodder for fire when the scorching winds sweep the city during summer within two hours the entire structure had been reduced to ashes soon it became a horrific pattern with fires consuming the shelters at jehangirpuri nilothi mansarovar garden nizamuddin ghazipur and naseerpur these night shelters were built to protect destitutes from the chill during the winter months but were not dismantled after the supreme court extended the deadline and asked state governments to hammer out a permanent solution the mngo in consultation with the state government is now planning to put together a comprehensive plan to provide permanent shelters for homeless to deal with heat wave conditions in the weeks ahead the first fire broke out on a cold january morning at a night shelter at jama masjid when toi visited the tragedy site late on monday the embers had died but smell of soot still hung heavy a 12yearold boy had died in the fire it was home to more than 40 homeless people who barely escaped death after leaping flames swallowed the tent a fourfoot pile of ash and charred debris is all that remains of the sprawling night shelter at raghubir nagar after a mystery fire ripped through it on saturday new delhi modifications and precautionary measures are required this is the eleventh shelter in delhi to be gutted in 3 months a frightening pattern that smells of a conspiracy volunteers of ngo manch which ran the shelter say the fire broke out on saturday morning and could have been triggered by a short circuit in subsequent months another fire broke out at a shelter near kalkaji temple managed by sahyog charitable trust on january 31 under supervision of the stateappointed mother ngo st stephens hospital 84 temporary night shelters were built for the winter