Focus on beggar rehabilitation
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Information on beggars at road junctions, religious places may be shared with GHMC
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Information on beggars at road junctions, religious places may be shared with GHMC
The City Convergence Meeting at the GHMC headquarters on Thursday has resolved for coordination among various departments for the special drive towards identification and rehabilitation of the persons involved in begging across the city.
Speaking at the meeting, GHMC Commissioner D.S.Lokesh Kumar said already several programmes have been taken up to ensure a beggar-free city, and a fresh drive will be taken up soon to identify beggars and conduct rehabilitation and livelihood training programmes for them.
Beggar rehabilitation to the fore again
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Hyderabad included in the pilot project by the Central government
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Hyderabad included in the pilot project by the Central government
Beggar rehabilitation is once again to the fore in the GHMC’s list of activities, following the city’s inclusion for the pilot project by the Central government for comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in begging.
Hyderabad is among the 10 cities chosen for implementation of the pilot by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, alongside Patna, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore and Nagpur.
GHMC had submitted proposals and action plan for ₹ 4 crore, and was sanctioned ₹2 crore for the project, as far back as March last year. Of the balance, 40% was to be released on submission of execution report of the programme as mentioned in the city action plan, and 10% upon submission and acceptance of project completion report.
GHMC crèche turns store room
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‘No action even after representation to the commissioner’
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‘No action even after representation to the commissioner’
Several women staffers working at GHMC headquarters have got the short shrift from their employer when the daycare facilities have been withdrawn for their children.
Entreaties to reopen the previously existing crèche have fallen on deaf ears, with the authorities using the facility as a store room for want of space.
As per the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act, 2017, employers with 50 or more employees must provide crèche facilities close to the workplace.
GHMC had been running daycare facilities decades before the provision has been enacted. Andhra Mahila Sabha was running the facility on the corporation premises before COVID-19 struck. With the pandemic at its peak, keeping infants and children grouped on closed premises was considered a health risk, and the crèche was closed down.