As the cold weather continues to increase in Karachi, the lives of homeless people addicted to drugs have also been put at risk. It has been revealed that 63 homeless people were found dead from December to January 7. The bodies of homeless people started being found from different areas of the city last month, which is still ongoing, and the number of bodies found by January 7 has been recorded at 63. According to the Chhipa Foundation, most of the bodies found from different places were unrecognizable and have been buried. Most of the deceased were drug addicts. According to Chhipa Foundation spokesperson Chaudhry Shahid Hussain, 63 people have died in the city due to drug abuse since December 2024. Chaudhry Shahid Hussain said that among the deceased, there were more than 13 who probably died due to cold. It should be noted that the intensity of cold has increased in Karachi. In the past few days, the minimum temperature in the city has been recorded as low as 9 degrees. In such circumstances, the roads, The problems of homeless people sleeping under flyovers increase.
Most of the homeless people on the streets of Karachi are drug addicts, who also die due to drug overdose. Similar incidents have been seen in the past during the extreme heat season. A large number of citizens face difficulties due to suffocation during heatstroke in the extreme heat. Hundreds of deaths have been reported in the city during heatstroke in the past years. The homeless people are at increased risk of death due to the lack of necessary equipment for their survival during both extreme heat and extreme cold.