CLEAN DRINKING WATER Access to clean drinking water (Individual level): 34% of the interviewees reported having access to clean drinking water, 46% reported access some of the time, 4% reported access most of the time and 16% reported that they didn’t have access to clean drinking water. Adequate shelter (Community level): 52% of the stakeholders also reported not having access to adequate shelter at the community level and 48% of the stakeholders reported having access to adequate shelter at the community level. KEY PROBLEMS IN ACCESSING NECESSITIES BEFORE LOCKDOWN Several problems were reported before the lockdown by the participants. Financial problems (59%) were reported as the most prominent issue, followed by (23%) lack of safe drinking water and safe housing as key concerns to be addressed. Education, livelihoods, and health were reported as key concerns by 17%, 16%,17% respectively. Discrimination was also highlighted by 20% of participants as crucial issue. Fewer participants reported WASH, (9%) Nonacceptance of UNHCR card in lieu of National ID (9%), lack of sanitation (11%) as issues faced before the pandemic. OTHER PROBLEMS: Several participants gave anecdotal accounts of their lives before lockdown. They highlighted having a job to support them in the form of daily labour or rag picking. Many participants lamented their loss of livelihoods and not being able to send their children to schooL. They highlighted that the lack of accessibility problems was significantly heightened in lockdown. Three accounts narrated incidents and consequences of not possessing National ID. Firstly, a participant expressed fear of going out without Aadhar card, another one in which the participant was denied wages for his work because of the absence of national ID, and the third one in which the participant couldn’t access a hospital due to lack of national ID.

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