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Overall, the government will spend Rs 18.3 crore for all Jayantis put together for 2018-19 vis-a-vis Rs 17 crore for state-level celebrations. It said it will celebrate Savitha Maharishi and philosopher Vemana. But over the past four to five years, their number has increased in Bengaluru.Parameshwara said a special task force has been formed to arrest illegal immigrants and he has met with BBMP officers and tahsildars of Bengaluru to take measures to identify illegal immigrants, especially those settled in Marathahalli, Sarjapur, Bellandur, Devara Bisanahalli, Kadu Bisanahalli and Whitefield.GOVT TO SPEND ?18.3 CR ON JAYANTISThe government on Tuesday said it will celebrate as many as 27 Jayantis in the financial year 2018-19, two more than the previous year. BELAGAVI: Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said the government will not allow Bengaluru to become a sleeper cell for Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas and there are efforts to identify and deport them.Replying to a calling attention motion of N Ravikumar (Congress) in the legislative council on Tuesday, Parameshwara said the state government has been very cautious about illegal immigrants after the National Investigative Agency arrested some of them in the Bodh Gaya blast case in Bengaluru a few months ago.According to him, 177 Rohingyas have been found in Bengaluru and biometric details of 108 Rohingyas have been taken and sent to the Centre to start the deportation process.He said Bangladeshis and Rohingyas have been coming in illegally and taking shelter in various cities for many years now..