patna patna district administration and patna municipal corporation pmc have jointly arranged night shelters and temporary tents to accommodate homeless persons during the harsh winter altogether 10 permanent shelters have been arranged while eight temporary tents have been put up at different areas in the state capitalthe permanent night shelters have been set up near patna gpo secretariat gate number 3 rblock near bapu sabhagar near bahadurpur rob gandhi maidan west vaishali golambar nit mor malahi pakri chowk and near patna city nullah at these shelters the district authorities have made facilities like television water heater food drinking water urinals beds with woollen blankets pillows and mattressestemporary shelters have been set up at different places in all six circles of the pmc including azimabad bankipur kankarbagh new capital patliputra and patna city areas to provide accommodation to people at night most of these shelters have been made near the public toilets urinals and drinking water facilities such places include near gandhi maidan meethapur jp roundabout ashok rajpath rajendra nagar and station road all the homeless are provided with basic amenities in these night shelters if required more such shelters will be made the sources saidthe pmc officials said each night shelter has the capacity to accommodate 30 persons the officers have been asked to inspect the shelters so that the basic amenities would be given to the needy ones dedicated teams will pick up homeless people from the streets and rehabilitate them in night shelters in different parts of the city the woolen blankets have been distributed to the people bonfires will also be arranged when the mercury dips further the officials said