Bhopal
Efforts have started to make Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, a beggar-free city. For this, the Social Welfare Department has identified three thousand beggars who are to be rehabilitated. Of these, complete profiles of 200 have been made. The administration is also planning to impose fine on those giving alms to discourage begging.
Madhya Pradesh Social Justice Department has sent a proposal to build a beggar’s home in the city. It will be operated with the help of NGOs. It has been told by the Social Justice Department that at present the responsibility has been given to a private organization to start a beggar’s home.
it will take a year
The organization has started searching for the building. In this, habitual beggars will be kept and linked to government schemes. They will be trained for employment, so that they can become competent and support themselves and their families with their hard-earned money. It is being told that it will take at least a year to make the city free from beggary.
141 Beggar in Govindpura area
Bhopal Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh said that efforts are going on to free the city from beggary. Along with the Beggar Home, a campaign will be run to make the common people aware, so that the city can be freed from beggary. Among the 200 people engaged in begging from Bhopal city, whose profile has been prepared, maximum 141 beggars are in Govindpura area.
Many bases have not been built
Children, women and other men involved in begging have been identified in TT Nagar, MP Nagar, Huzur and Kolar circle areas. These are found at all the squares, intersections, intersections, religious places, railway stations, bus stands and all types of social places. Many such children and women have been found begging, whose Aadhaar has not been made.
Will impose fine with the help of police
At the same time, a team of police, municipal corporation and administration will be prepared to keep an eye on the beggars in the city, which will keep an eye on the squares, intersections, intersections, religious places and other places. Here the alms givers will be explained first. Even after this if you don’t agree then Fine action will be taken against them.
Action has been taken against beggars in Indore
To make Indore a beggary-free city, action has been taken to impose fine on people giving alms in public places. Along with this, such beggars who did not agree even after repeated persuasion were sent to the mendicant home. A campaign was launched to make the people of the city aware, in which the help of NGOs was taken.
The initiative to make Ujjain beggar free has intensified. The police administration started a special campaign under this mission on Tuesday. In this series, Mahakal police station caught 25 beggars from Ramghat area and packed them in vehicles and sent them to night shelters.
Ujjain, which is known as the city of Baba Mahakal. It was selected about a year ago to free the beggars under the Smile Project of the Central Government. However, the mission remained incomplete as living arrangements for beggars in the city were not finalized. Now seeing the success of this initiative in Indore, the campaign has been intensified in Ujjain also.
25 beggars sent to night shelters at Ramghat
Mahakal police station conducted a campaign on Tuesday at Ramghat on the banks of Shipra river. Here 25 women and men who were begging on the banks of the drains were caught and taken in a police van. Many beggars protested against being forcibly taken away, but the police showed strictness and sent them all to night shelters.
Talks with Sevadham Ashram for rehabilitation
TI Narendra Singh Parihar of Mahakal police station informed that discussions are going on with Sevadham Ashram for the rehabilitation of beggars. Until a concrete decision is taken, everyone will be kept in night shelters.
Employment opportunity with the end of beggary
Collector Neeraj Singh said that the aim of this campaign is not only to end beggary, but also to make arrangements for their rehabilitation and employment. Beggars will be provided employment opportunities through NGOs, so that they can become a part of the society.
