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Google, govt map food and night shelters for public during lockdown

Users can search on Google or Google Maps for 'Food Shelter Near Me' or 'Night Shelter Near Me' to find the closest roof

Homeless people and daily wagers eat food at a government shelter during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic
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Homeless people and daily wagers eat food at a government shelter during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic, near Nigam Bodh ghat in New Delhi | Photo: PTI

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
MyGov, the crowdsourcing platform of the government, Google India and the Smart Cities team have mapped public food shelters and public night shelters in 31 cities on Google Maps, in an attempt to make access to these facilities easier for the public.

To find a shelter, a user can search on Google or Google Maps for "Food Shelter Near Me" or "Night Shelter Near Me" to find the closest roof. 

The feature is likely to roll out in Hindi in a couple of days, and other languages a little later. 

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