ORDER :

1. The present Public Interest petition has been placed before this Bench on urgent mentioning being allowed.

2. The matter has been heard through Video Conferencing.

3. In the background of the lockdown imposed by the Union of India and the Govt. of NCT of Delhi to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, the following threefold issues have been raised in the present petition:-

(1) That thousands of homeless persons, Daily wage workers, stranded and living in the open along the bank of river Yamuna, at Kashmere Gate, Delhi are without any shelter, toilet or medical facility.

(2) That payment is demanded from users of Public Toilet facilities in and around the Homeless Shelters and Slum Clusters.

(3) That thousands of Construction workers of Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Company engaged in the construction work at Pragati Maidan are stranded without any proper provision for their food at the Labour camp near Sarai Kaale Khan.

4. Learned counsel for almost all the contesting respondents are present on being served with an advance copy of the writ petition. Mr. Sanjay Jain, learned ASG appears with Mr. Parvinder Singh Chauhan, Advocate for the respondent No.2/Delhi Urban Shelter Improvem