Indore's unique beggar, used to come by booking train!
During the ongoing drive to make the streets of indore in madhya pradesh beggar-free, the district administration has rescued a middle-aged man, who had come from hyderabad to beg in the city. The rescue operation was carried out by the state women and Child Development Department, which claimed that a train ticket (sleeper class) from hyderabad to indore and Rs 20,000 in cash were recovered from him.
The city's district administration said on friday that the man was rescued on thursday and taken to a rescue centre where he will be taken care of and counselled. On the same day, the department also rescued a woman from the city and took her to Ujjain. However, it was later found that the woman was a sanitation worker in the indore Municipal Corporation.
According to the report, the woman alleged that when she was sitting in the market after finishing her cleaning work, some people forcefully picked her up.
However, Dinesh Mishra, project officer of child development department in indore, denied the allegation and said that the woman was found begging at a temple, following which she was rescued by a team of women officers as part of the campaign. The indore district administration is running a campaign in the city to rescue children and women begging on the streets.
education and training being provided
The city administration has deployed a dedicated team on the issue which will conduct a grassroots campaign for this purpose in collaboration with other departments. The rescued child labourers/beggars are being given proper counselling, followed by education and training so that they are properly rehabilitated and do not return to begging on the streets.