Sources have revealed currently that an NGO came up with a staggering figure of about 25000 beggars in Hyderabad and all of them earning as much as 456 Crore per year and the figures reveal that beggars earn about 500 Rupees per day and children earn more than adults and these numbers are being dug for the government to support in creating a Beggar free city.
Meanwhile the Government sources have said that only about 5% of these beggars are genuine and rest of them are criminals and have come from neighboring States, even as far out as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The government had offered rehabilitation for them to quit begging, but about 90-95% of them are not willing to accept rehabilitation. Government had offered to rehabilitate them in old age homes, schools, and ashrams or orphanages.
Presently Telangana government is chalking out plans to maintain a database of the criminal beggars while taking care of the destitute, the old and the disabled who are really struggling to make a living.
