Despite the absence of official statistics on deaths among the homeless, experts estimate that roughly 80% of the ‘unidentified dead bodies’ discovered by law enforcement and other agencies on the city streets are those of homeless individuals. In Delhi, a significant majority of these deaths (4,424) occurred during the summer months over the past five years.
As per data compiled by this newspaper from different police districts of Delhi, in just the past 48 hours, nearly 50 dead bodies have been recovered. The figure includes eight in the southwest district, around ten in the south, nine in the north, three in Rohini, three in the northeast, three in outer, and a similar number of deaths from other districts.
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