Hyderabad, Oct. 10 -- People's organisations have decided to meet chief minister A Revanth Reddy to propose converting vacant government buildings like the Burgula Ramakrishna Rao building (BRK Bhavan) and the Dwakra building (opposite Ambedkar Bhavan) on Tank Bund into shelters for the homeless.

Homeless people living in shelter homes, social activists, and those running the 12 shelter homes under the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) discussed several issues affecting the homeless in Hyderabad, at the World Homeless Day meeting held at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram (SVK) on Friday, October 10.

Speaking at the event, social activist Sajaya pointed out that after the demolition of the old secretariat and construction...