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The courts have not sent anyone here since then,” said Shiv Narayan Singh, the superintendent of the homes’ complex. ‘Public funds’The court also highlighted the futility of lodging and detaining beggars in homes for beggars saying it was “wastage of public funds”. The Sewa Sadan Complex in Lampur, which comprises five homes for beggars with a maximum capacity of 1,525 inmates, has had no beggars since July 2016, stated the Delhi Social Welfare Department. “I have issued instructions to the Department to shift all patients of mental retardation to the Lampur complex after renovations. There are 11 institutions for beggars in various parts of Delhi that looked after them as and when they were sent to these homes..