Homeless

As temperatures rise in Madhya Pradesh, the homeless struggle through sleepless nights in overcrowded shelters. Poor infrastructure, weak policy focus, and climate extremes make survival harder.

For the past 12 years, Banshilal and his 18-year-old son Sujal, have been living in a night shelter in Rajgarh. This temporary facility has become their permanent home.

As the data shows, the majority of people who died due to heatwaves this month were homeless. Alia, an 11-year-old girl, lives on a footpath under the Jamia metro station with her family.

In addition to wars and armed conflicts rising storms, heavy rains, floods, forest fires and droughts A total of 40.5 million