Mangaluru, Jan 27: Urban Development Minister UT Khader appealed people of the city to cooperate to maintain the cleanliness of the city.

Inaugurating the Urva market and commercial complex, constructed by the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority and the Mangaluru City Corporation here on Sunday, he said that the city corporation has got the appreciation as the best city corporation in the state. To continue the same position, everyone should cooperate to maintain the cleanliness. People in the city have been paying the water cess honestly. But those who have multi-storied buildings have dues of huge tax. In order to solve this problem, the city corporation would take steps to disconnect the water supply to such multi-storied buildings automatically in coming days, the Minister said.

The commercial complex constructed at a cost of Rs 11.72 crore on 84891.45 sq ft, has 122 stalls. If them, 31 stalls were reserved for fish selling, 8 for chicken and 15 for office purposes, he said.

MLA Vedavyas Kamath presided over the programme in which Karnataka government parliamentary secretary Ivan D'Souza, mayor Bhaskar K, deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, city corporation Commissioner Muhammad Nazeer, MUDA Commissioner Srikanth Rao, AEE Mohan Kumar, corporator Radha Krishna, sculptor Nelson GA Payas, contractor Abdul Asif and others were present.



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Guwahati (PTI): A total of 21 illegal migrants from Bangladesh, including children, were sent back to their country from Assam in the early hours of Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The push back took place from Sribhumi district of the state, he said.

"Alert eyes. Midnight action. At 12:30 AM sharp, 21 illegal migrants were sent back to their respective country, thanks to the ever-watchful @sribhumipolice," Sarma said in a post on X.

"Apprehended. Documented. Sent back home. Seems like while most people were dreaming, our police were wide awake doing the night shift for the nation. Sleep can wait when duty calls," he added, lauding the police action.

The two photographs shared by the chief minister on X showed at least seven children among the illegal migrants.

The Assam government has been cracking the whip on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, pushing back infiltrators through its borders with the neighbouring nation.