The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in cooperation with Commissionerate police and some NGOs on Friday started a campaign to make the capital city beggar-free. “It will be a continuous process till we rid the city of beggars. They will be shifted to shelter homes where BMC will launch various programmes through which beggars will become self-reliant. They will be provided with cooked food and basic amenities,” said a senior official. “The BMC team carried a special drive to rescue and rehabilitate beggars. Today, the drive was carried out along Janpath, Units-I and II markets, Lingaraj Temple area and they were rehabilitated at beggar homes SUH of BMC,” the BMC said.Moreover, the BMC has also planned shifting homeless and destitute people to shelter homes. Plans are underway to set up 100-bed rehabilitation centres, which would be operated by professional organisations, BMC sources said.