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Supreme Court censures UP Govt for flouting order | The Supreme Court on Monday took a serious note of the construction work being carried out at Ambedkar Park despite the court's directive to halt erection of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's statues at various parks in the state. Amit Bhandari, the petitioner who challenged the erection of statues
by Mayawati with the state funds, said that State Government was rebuked for flouting
the court's order. "The court has now fixed the matter for tomorrow. At 10.30
the matter will start again. But, the court has said that it is not right for
Government to carry on construction even after strict order by it on September
11 to carry on no further constructions on the properties," Bhandari said. "The
court has also asked about the people who have given instructions for the construction
on the properties where the construction is going on," he added. As per the information
by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), the State Government has spent Rs.
34.9 million on installing eight statues of Mayawati at five memorials being constructed
in Lucknow. The Government has also spent another Rs. 33.7 million to install
seven statues of Kanshi Ram. There are 60 statues of elephants, the election symbol
of the BSP, erected in these memorials, all at a cost of Rs. 522 million. Each
of these statues, together with their granite-covered pedestals, costs Rs. 8.7
million. |
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