RCB announces three-day campaign to raise awareness against begging from Nov 10

The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) will begin a three-day public awareness drive from November 10 to 12, aiming to discourage professional begging and make the cantonment area free of beggars.

The campaign is being organised on the instructions of Station Commander Rawalpindi Brigadier Ali Anjum Syed and Cantonment Executive Officer Amir Rashid.

As part of the initiative, awareness banners, billboards and streamers will be placed along busy roads, shopping areas and major intersections. Information stalls will also be set up to distribute pamphlets among residents.

The RCB has appealed to citizens to avoid giving money directly to roadside beggars and instead channel their Zakat and charitable donations through registered welfare organisations, including Edhi Foundation, Chhipa, Alkhidmat Foundation and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.

The administration said public participation would be important in addressing professional begging and improving the living environment across the cantonment.