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Authorities in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad are rounding up beggars before a visit by Ivanka Trump for an international conference.
Over the past week, more than 200 beggars have been transported to separate male and female shelters on the grounds of two prisons. Authorities have been strictly enforcing a begging ban on the streets and in other public places.

The crackdown seems to be having the desired effect, with most of Hyderabad’s thousands of beggars vanishing from sight.
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Trump is a senior adviser to her father, President Donald Trump. Later this month, she is expected to be a featured speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, which will also be attended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.
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Begging is a crime in India and can be punished by as much as 10 years in prison, although the law is rarely enforced.
“We will complete the clearing of beggars from the city roads by the end of the month,” said V.K. Singh, a top police officer.

The beggars have been rounded up from traffic junctions and bus and railway stations and transported by van to the shelters, where they often find themselves separated from family members.
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They are being offered clean clothes, a shower and a bed. But they are also fingerprinted before being allowed to leave and told they could face prison time if they are found begging again.
More than 20 per cent of India’s 1.3 billion people live on less than 2 dollars a day. For many, begging offers a last resort to stay alive.

Beggars tend to crowd around cars at traffic lights, knocking on windows and asking for food and money. They include children as young as five, who weave through dangerous traffic and often perform small acrobatic acts.
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A rights group that runs the two Hyderabad homeless shelters on the grounds of the Chanchalguda and Charalapally jails where the beggars are being taken estimates the city has 13,000 beggars.
About half of them are begging because they are living in poverty while the other half want money for alcohol and drugs, said Gattu Giri, from the Amma Nanna Ananda Ashramam organisation.

The entrepreneurship summit is an annual event that this year will focus on supporting female entrepreneurs. Running from November 28-30, the summit is being jointly hosted by the US and India.
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Singh said that next month, after Ivanka Trump has left, police will start offering cash rewards to people who tell them of a beggar’s location. Police have set up a control room to receive the information.
This isn’t the first time the poor and homeless have been pushed out of sight as India hosts international visitors. Ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, slums were demolished and thousands of beggars pushed to the edge of the city.


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Indian city rounds-up beggars before visit by Ivanka Trump

A woman begging on the side of the road in Hyderabad. Photo: AFP

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 14, 2017 shows Ivanka Trump as she attends a session named "Taking women-owned businesses to the next level" as part of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, DC. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has invited President Donald Trump's daughter and aide Ivanka to speak at an event early next month, the White House said. An official said Ivanka Trump had accepted an "invitation to deliver a special speech at the World Assembly for Women, WAW!2017, on November 3 in Japan." "In her speech, Ivanka will discuss two key areas of her portfolio in the Trump administration -- women's participation in the economy and women's entrepreneurship." / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

An Indian begger eats food on the side of the road in Hyderabad on November 10, 2017. A city in southern India has banned begging in public places ahead of a three-day summit that Ivanka Trump is due to attend, police said November 10. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

In this Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 photo, homeless people who were picked from the streets rest at Anand Ashram, a shelter home for male beggars in Hyderabad, India. Authorities in this southern Indian city are rounding up beggars ahead of a visit by Ivanka Trump. Over the past week, more than 200 beggars have been transported to separate male and female shelter homes located on the grounds of two city prisons. Officials say the drive against begging was launched because two international events are taking place in the city _ the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and the World Telugu Conference in December. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

An Indian begger sits on the side of the road in Hyderabad on November 10, 2017. A city in southern India has banned begging in public places ahead of a three-day summit that Ivanka Trump is due to attend, police said November 10. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM

In this Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 photo, an Indian man seeks alms at a street in Hyderabad, India. Authorities in this southern Indian city are rounding up beggars ahead of a visit by Ivanka Trump. Over the past week, more than 200 beggars have been transported to separate male and female shelter homes located on the grounds of two city prisons. Officials say the drive against begging was launched because two international events are taking place in the city _ the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and the World Telugu Conference in December. (AP Photo /Mahesh Kumar A.)

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Hyderabad police are also planning to start offering cash rewards to people who call them when they spot people begging


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