India, Jan. 6 -- Anil Mandal, a daily wage labourer, is left out in the cold, literally, to survive the unforgiving winter with his shanty near Roshanara Club razed.

Monday saw the temperature plummet to 6.6 degrees Celsius - the year's coldest so far. He and his family of five are among at least 100 people who lost their homes when the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolished around 50-60 shanties near the Roshanara Club on January 2.

Mandal said the bulldozers were at work by around 11 am. "This is one of the coldest winters, and we are homeless. I have three children and elderly parents. The rent around the area is more than what I make in a month," he said. He said authorities have given an ultimatum to the residents to vacate t...