Live
- NewsClick, others went to great lengths to paint CAA as discriminatory law targeting Muslims: Delhi Police charge sheet
- Illegal mining in Rajasthan: 4 FIRs lodged, 27 vehicles impounded
- Schools bomb threat: 125 calls received at police emergency number, says FIR
- In Gujarat, PM Modi's no-holds-barred attack on Cong, INDIA bloc over Pak's love for 'Shehzada' & 'vote jihad'
- BJP MP candidate Potuganti Bharat Prasad participated in the election campaign
- Over 97 per cent of Rs 2,000 banknotes returned: RBI
- India's coal output rises 7.4 per cent to 73.26 million tonnes in April
- Covaxin has excellent safety record, says Bharat Biotech
- Gold production from Indian mines surges by 86 pc in Feb, copper output up 29 pc
- AAP has formed a team to coordinate its election campaign with Congress
Now get Rs 1000 reward for identifying a beggar…
In a bid to make Hyderabad a beggar-free city, the Telangana Prisons department started rewarding anyone who identified a beggar with Rs 500 since December 25 last year. Now, to take forward the concept and give it a major fillip, the department increased the amount to Rs 1,000.
Chanchalguda: In a bid to make Hyderabad a beggar-free city, the Telangana Prisons department started rewarding anyone who identified a beggar with Rs 500 since December 25 last year. Now, to take forward the concept and give it a major fillip, the department increased the amount to Rs 1,000.
In the last few months, the Prisons department identified several beggars in the city and shifted them to Anand Ashrams or special homes located in Chanchalguda and Cherlapally. Officials say that there are still a large number of beggars in the city who create nuisance.
Beggars are given a choice to stay at the Anand Ashrams and learn a skill and those who wish to leave have to give assurance that they would not return to begging. However, many go back to begging.
A senior officer of Telangana Prisons said, “In spite of providing food, shelter, counseling and arming them with a skill many are not interested and return to beg. The amount to identify beggars has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 with an intention to intensify the drive against beggars.”
