A new initiative named Beggar Free City has been started in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said that a notification regarding section 144 of CrPC has been issued in this regard.
Talking to reporters, he said that he would strictly implement it and begging would not be allowed in public places. It is a joint venture of Nagpur Police and Nagpur Municipal Corporation Social Welfare Department.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation has made special arrangements to provide shelter to destitute people in its shelters. The civic body has kept a bus and an ambulance ready to shift the beggars caught in the police operation to their shelter home.