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No stay on installation of Mayawati, other Dalit leaders' statues at Noida: SC Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN 10 July 2009, 12:03pm IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay installation of statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and other Dalit leaders “If a democratically elected government decides to do something without misappropriating public money, there is little courts can do,” the apex court said, refusing to interfere in the on-going work for installation of the statues. Not restricting statues to Lucknow only, Mayawati is constructing memorials and carving her and her mentor Kanshi Ram’s images in stones in Noida, a Delhi suburb, as well. The memorial which is being constructed in Noida is turning out to be a mammoth project. The mega UP government project facing Sector 15A of Noida has irked residents because of its encroachment on the Yamuna riverbed and alleged destruction of green areas. In fact, the project may even give the Kanshi Ram Smarak on the VIP Road in Lucknow a run for money with the Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN) in the process of constructing a central plaza in the middle of the memorial at a whopping cost of Rs 187.20 crore. The plaza, to be called ‘Central Park Plaza’, would have three statues — one each of Bhimrao Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and Mayawati inside its building. The total cost of these statues, 18-feet tall and all made up of bronze, is Rs 1.5 crore, said S K Agarwal, project coordinator, in his reply to the RTI query on July 2. All that the RNN said is ‘‘Saundaryikaran (beautification) of park in Sector-95, Noida’’. TOI had reported in April about the construction, which has raised the hackles of the green lobby. A petition was filed with a Central Empowered Committee appointed by SC, asking the panel to recommend a stay on the construction. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
