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Only 7 beggars taken off the roads in a year Only 7 beggars taken off the roads in a year ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST RTI, insists that more be done by authorities for the poor in second wave of COVID lockdown had seen civic authorities and police detain thousands of beggars from the streets, given their susceptibility and exposure to infection. They were sent to scores of shelters set up to ensure adequate protection from the raging outbreak. Today, even as a second wave of the pandemic crashes down on the city, the same number of homeless persons is roamin...

Phuket officials move to provide assistance to beggars, homeless Phuket officials move to provide assistance to beggars, homeless PHUKET: Phuket provincial officials are drawing up plans to provide more assistance to the number of destitute people in Phuket turning to begging and those left homeless by the current economic crisis. Monday 1 March 2021, 03:57PM Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong (left) leads the meeting held to ramp up assistance provided to the homeless and beggars in Phuket. Photo: PR Phuket Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong raised the issue at a meeting at Phuket Pr...

On the Brink Dishoused people with mental illness ‘She can be likened to a deer in the headlights. Seemingly normal, to the detached eye she’s just another emaciated woman walking absent minded across the road, clutching her belongings tight. Beyond this silhouette, however, is an individual surviving in an alternate reality, with a sense of impending doom, largely oblivious to the present, and it to her. A speeding vehicle hits her and rambles on, leaving her injured in the corner, too weak to scream. Limping her way across to a somewhat safe location, she lies in wait with a fractured...

Mumbai Police launches 'Zero Beggars' drive to make city begging free The drive to rid Mumbai of beggars will be carried out throughout the month of February according to the directions of Joint Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nagre Patil BusinessToday.In | February 15, 2021 | Updated 09:34 IST The Mumbai Police identified 14 beggars and sent them to a beggars' home in Chembur as of Friday Mumbai Police has launched the 'Zero Beggars' drive in an attempt to make the city begging free. Under this drive, all police stations in Mumbai have been asked to track beggars and keep them at a special ...

The "Zero Beggars" drive will be carried out throughout this month as per the directions issued by Joint Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nagre Patil to all zonal DCPs.