The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to establish "Gourav Sadans" - shelters for the beggars in the GHMC area.
GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar and APIIC Vice-Chairman Dr Jayesh Ranjan, along with representatives of certain NGOs, discussed and reviewed the survey on beggars at various traffic junctions done by NGOs as a part of the proposed rehabilitation of beggars in the GHMC area.
The NGOs have informed that about 239 beggars were identified at 16 traffic junctions in the GHMC area.
The officials discussed in detail the observations by the field staff pertaining to the category of persons begging, the type, the mode and the method of begging, the average earnings and expenditure, the issues faced, the present shelter, the support required etc.
It has been decided to rehabilitate the beggars with the help of the NGOs. (INN)