Hyderabad police remove beggars from streets ahead of Ivanka's visit

HYDERABAD, Nov 10: Ahead of Ivanka Trump's visit to Hyderabad to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the end of this month, the city Police has launched a massive drive to remove beggars from the streets, saying "these acts are dangerous to the safety of the vehicular traffic and public in general", said a report of a Indian daily Thursday.

Hundreds of foreign delegates are expected to attend the summit to be held at Hitec City from November 28 to 30, and the Telangana Government which wants Hyderabad to be seen as a global capital, is keen on ensuring that no beggars are seen around.

On Wednesday, nearly 400 beggars were taken away from Goshamahal area and lodged at the rehabilitation centre at Chanchalguda Jail.