Mangaluru: New Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District Sindhu Roopesh on Wednesday visited the Pachanady dumping yard and took stock of the conditions at Mandara and Pachanady residential areas where the dump has slumped in making the lives of residents miserable for more than a month now.

Sindhu first reached Pachanady and then visited Mandara village. She then also visited the interim housing society provided to the victims at Kulashekar Housing Board and met the families who have lost their homes due to the garbage slump.

Speaking about the issue Sindhu urged the officials to work in both directions, one of clearing the slumped garbage from the area and the other being rehabilitating the victim families. He also asked the officials to prepare a detailed report which should be presented before the state government.

She was accompanied by Mangalore Municipal Corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer, Joint Commissioner Gayatri Nayak and other officials and activists during her visit.

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Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.

According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.

Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.

Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.

The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.