India, June 30 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to vacate all government school buildings currently being used as temporary shelter homes, with schools scheduled to reopen after the summer break on July 1.

The directive was issued through a letter sent by the MCD's education department to DUSIB on Tuesday after several teachers raised concerns over student safety, saying students would have to share school campuses with shelter residents.

"The permission to utilise school building as a shelter for the homeless in south Delhi, as a part of the Summer Action Plan-2026, was granted for the period from May 15 to June 25 . As the education department is in the process ...