New initiative called 'Beggar Free City' launched in Maharashtra's Nagpur

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In Maharashtra, a new initiative called 'Beggar Free City' was launched in Nagpur.

News Overview

• Nagpur City Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said that a notice under 144 CrPC has been issued in this regard.

• Notices were given to people, and chances are also not to be allowed in public places.

• It is a joint venture of the Nagpur City Police and the Social Welfare Department of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).

• Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has made special arrangements in its owned shelters to restrict homeless people.

• The civic bodies have also arranged a bus and an ambulance to shift the beggars caught in the police operation to their shelter homes.

About Maharashtra

• Establishment - 1st May 1960

• Official Language -  Marathi

• Neighbouring States - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Dadra And Nagar Haveli, Chhattisgarh

• Members of Parliament -Lok Sabaha 48 (Rajya Sabha seats 19)

• Legislature - Bicameral ( Assembly 289 and council 78 seats)

• Literacy - 82.91%

• Districts - 36

• Major Rivers - Tributaries of Tapti, Bhima, Godavari and Krishna

• Capital - Mumbai

• Population - 11.23 crore (2011 census)

• Governor - Ramesh Bais

• Chief Minister -Eknath Shinde