Asphalting of road done excluding parked car area
Viral Image from Vitla Main Road
Bantwal: During the asphalting of the Vitla main road in Bantwal Taluk, an area of the road where a car was parked was left untouched while the rest of the road stretch was covered on Wednesday.
The sight was observed during the ongoing road asphalting process happening on the Vitla main road. The car reportedly parked beside the main road in front of the elementary school. The area in which the car was parked has been left untouched whilst the rest of the road was asphalted, it is learned.
The image and video capturing the uneven roadwork have gone viral on various social networking sites. The sight has warranted both laughter and anger from the public on social media sites. Describing the incident, an individual has commented that a sight which we commonly see on YouTube and other videos has now occurred in our town, the person expressed.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
