Sunday, February 26, 2017
Kabul (BNA) Increasing number of beggars in the capital city has caused concern of residents and people said that only slight number of beggars are really deserving while the others are not real beggars and are involved in begging as an occupation that cause insecurity, robbery, and corruption. People ask the responsible government authorities to collect beggars and make the city void of beggars.
Mokhtar Ahmad a resident of capital city said, “Whenever I leave home to office I see a lot of beggars on the streets. I know that the economic conditions of majority of people are not very good and they are living a pitiful life.
And some have to beg. But situation of some beggars is much better than the government employees. It is not clear who is the real beggar.
He added, professionalism of most beggars has caused people distrust to real beggars and people even refuse to contribute to real beggars. So the government should collect all beggars from the streets and train them in a certain occupation. Freshta another citizen said, “As we see the number of beggars in the city is countless. But some beggars grab our wallet, mobile etc. if we don’t pay them.
Abdul Razaq Salar general president of arrangement of social life department, MoLSA said, “In 1387 solar year, the ex-president Hamid Karzai had issued order (5295) on forbidding of begging and established a commission with the participation of representative of the ministry of labor and social affairs, MoI, MoWA, MoPH, MoHE, MoIC, MoF, Kabul municipality, AIHRC led by former second vice president Khalili: in that time the ARCS had the secretariat of the commission.
Salar went on to say, there was an operational committee within the commission that had collected beggars from across the capital city. All collected beggars were analyzed and differentiated. Those who had to beg, were released in one week. Others who needed medical services, were introduced by committee to the MoPH, another number who were eligible were sent to MoLSA for employment. The MoLSA had organized certain occupation including learning of tailoring, embroidery, English and computer etc.
Talking on the reasons of begging, Salar added, “Insecurity, consecutive immigrations density of population, unemployment, poverty and some other reasons are behind begging.
Legal and security organs had also cooperated the commission.
But unfortunately this commission was dissolved. Under the commission, totally 3313 beggars including 1953 males, 1009 females and 348 children were collected and differentiated.
A number of undeserving were identified and returned to their parents.
Karima Malikzada