Govt activates full-scale winter preparedness plan

Stepping up efforts ahead of the peak winter chill, the Delhi government has rolled out an expanded Winter Action Plan aimed at safeguarding homeless residents, school children, hospital patients and other vulnerable groups.

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The plan was reviewed on Tuesday at the Delhi Secretariat, where Chief Minister Rekha Gupta directed departments to stay on "maximum alert" through the winter months.

Gupta said the government's priority is to ensure that no one is left without adequate shelter or warmth. "Not a single citizen should be compelled to spend a cold winter night under the open sky. Delhi's night shelters are not merely structures, they symbolise dignity and security," she said after the review meeting.