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The Hyderabad police have started a drive to make the city beggar-free. Hundreds of beggars are being rounded up and are being taken to rehabilitation centres in jail. The prohibition orders are valid for only two months, precisely till January 7, 2018, saying it causes nuisance and danger to vehicular traffic and pedestrians. This two-month validity of the order has triggered a speculation that this is just a cosmetic step to make the city look better ahead of the visit of the US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump in the city. (AP Photo)
Also, in its bid to make Hyderabad a begging free city, the Telangana Prisons department will start rewarding anybody who identifies beggars with Rs 500 from December 25. (AP Photo) -
The Prisons department, in coordination with the police and municipal authorities, has shifted as many as 235 male beggars and 125 female beggars, picked up from different parts of the city, to the ‘Anand Ashrams’ or special homes located in Chanchalguda and Cherlapalli in the city as part of a drive launched on October 20. (AP Photo)
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Officials say the drive against begging was launched because two upcoming international events are taking place in the city _ the entrepreneurship summit and the World Telugu Conference in December. (AP Photo)
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The beggars have been rounded up from traffic junctions, bus stations and railway stations and transported by van to the shelters, where they often find themselves separated from their family members. (AP Photo)
Beggars tend to crowd around cars at traffic signals, knocking on windows and asking for food and money. They include children as young as 5. (AP Photo) 
Begging is a criminal offense in India and can be punished by as much as 10 years in prison, although the law is rarely enforced. (AP Photo) 
Ivanka Trump is a senior adviser to her father, US President Donald Trump. Later this month, she is scheduled to be a featured speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, which will also be attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP Photo)
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