<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi High Court today directed the AAP government to create a dedicated helpline for senior citizens to address their problems and provide them assistance during the coronavirus lockdown.<br />'' <br />''The direction was issued by a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad on a plea, heard via video conferencing, seeking that banking, health, groceries and other basic facilities be provided to senior citizens at their doorsteps during the lockdown.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The bench directed the Delhi government, represented by its additional standing counsel Anuj Aggarwal, to create the helpline number on an urgent basis and to give it wide publicity.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' With the direction, the bench disposed of the petition by Ajit Kumar, a senior lawyer and also a senior citizen, who had also sought that elderly persons be relocated away from general public to protect them from being infected by COVID-19.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Mr Kumar had said that senior citizens often live alone and therefore, have to go out on their own to buy groceries or medicines or avail banking services.</span><br />'' <br />''