jaipur the homeless and destitute of jaipur are forced to spend nights in the most inhuman conditions in the state capital piles of garbage around most of the night shelters attract rats cats and dogs that often enter the tents for warmth putting the life of homeless in danger toi did a reality check of some shelters on saturday night to find that tents were erected on uneven surface and in areas close to dumping grounds the excreta of rats and dogs inside the jampacked suffocating tents with no air ventilators makes theses shelters highly vulnerable to communicable diseases a shelter opposite gandhi nagar railways station has a capacity for 46 has 46 beds and quilts but there were 80 people spending the night here the area was stinking badly making it impossible for the people to walk around shelters reason most of the shelters dont have toilets hence the people are forced to go out in the open for natures call such inhuman situation is preventing the civil society to go close to these shelters and offer help salim a 70yearold rickshaw puller comes every night to sleep at the night shelter at lk lon hospital he said i cannot tolerate cold even in the shelters here three of us share one bed and a quilt the entire night i rub my hands and sing songs to beat the freezing cold the situation was similar in shelters around jk lon hospital jaleb chowk gandhi ghar bangad hospital shahid bhagat singh park old age home janta colony nagar nigam samudayik kendra and jhalana bypass shelters near hospitals and railway stations remain jam packed but the authorities have not bothered to accommodate the needy by arranging extra beds or make extra shelters for them supreme court directions say that each night shelter should be equipped with basic facilities such as potable water separate toilets for men and women bedding and medical aid toi found that free hot food is being offered in all night shelters by moti doongri temple but by the time it is distributed the food turns cold this happens due to shortage of utensils and the packets come as early as 6pm the only source of water for all purposes is stored in plastic water tanks here the occupants fetch water for drinking and for washing from a common plastic mug sources confirmed that so far no medical team has visited any night shelter medical emergencies were reported where two elderly were rushed to a hospital from shelters in cycle rickshaws