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Periyar, Anna statues to be shifted to a safer place

R. Sundaram

In for a change: Statues of Periyar and Anna in front of the Paneerselvam Park in Erode. –

ERODE: Statues of E.V.Ramasamy Naicker, popularly known as periyar and C.N. Annadurai, popularly called as Anna, will be shifted to a spacious and safer place inside the Paneerselvam Park here.

Periyar’s life-size statue was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in his presence at the Paneerselvam Park five road junction. Near it, a statue of Anna too was placed later. Periyar statue was installed on September 17, 1971 on his birthday and Anna statue on February 20, 1971.Traffic on the road has been affected as activists of Dravidian parties gather to garland them on special occassions. Besides, political parties and others have placed various boards around the statues, almost making them invisible.

The Municipal Council headed by K. Kumar Murugesh has stopped the leasing out of the park for parking vehicles. He said the park would be developed at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh.

Since both the statues of respected leaders were placed at vulnerable points there was the possibility of some vehicles hitting them. To avoid it, they would be moved inside the park, he said.

An all-party meeting would be convened soon to discuss the issue, he added. Arrangements would be made to garland the statues.

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