There is no smell of disinfectant struggling to mask the stench, no uneasy silence and no signs of neglect. You see a happy bunch, some glued to the huge TV screen and some engaged in an animated chat. But what gives them away is the glint of hope lighting their sunken eyes each time a stranger enters the dorm. “Now we have strict instructions not to take such cases but we get regular requests,” says Baijuraj, a staff. We guide them on how to handle property issues and how to claim maintenance,” says District Legal Services Authority secretary Sudhakanth Pai.

Source: The Hindu February 16, 2019 17:49 UTC