Green chilly sold for Rs 400 a kg in Kochi
Kochi, Aug 19 : The worst floods to batter Kerala since 1924 have fuelled shortages and sent prices of vegetables zooming, with green chilli selling at Rs 400 a kg in Kochi and surrounding areas.
Very few shops are open at the first place. Those which are are making a killing, complain residents.
After the retail price of green chillies went through the roof, angry locals sought police intervention and the cost came down. But even now it is costing Rs 120 a kg.
Onions, potatoes and cabbage were being sold at Rs 90 a kg before police told the vendors to put up a price display board.
The retail cost of rice and sugar has shot up by Rs 15. Frustrated residents organised a noisy protest at a shop in Kaloor near here, forcing again the police to intervene.
The shop owner argued that he had no choice but to jack up the prices as he was paying more on transport. Officials have promised tough action against all those who make a killing at a time of misery.
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12 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh 'pushed back': Assam CM
Guwahati (PTI): Twelve illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh were "pushed back", Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Sarma, however, did not specify the district where they were apprehended or the sector of the border through which they were "pushed back".
"Mission Clean Up continues. In the wee hours, 12 illegal migrants were identified and PUSHED BACK to where they belong," Sarma said in a social media post on Thursday night.
"I have said time and again -- Assam will not spare a single illegal migrant. Each one of you will be sent back," he added.
The Assam cabinet had approved, in October last year, the framing of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, to guide District Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police in expelling illegal migrants from the state and addressing illegal immigration from neighbouring countries.
