Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday August 26,2015 told the Assembly that her government would construct a manimandapam
(memorial) for late actor Sivaji Ganesan as the South Indian Film
Artistes' Associations had failed to utilise the land allotted for the
purpose.
"As the association announced that it would construct the manimandapam,
the government did not take any initiatives. If it had asked me to
construct the manimandapam it would have issued orders for the same it
in 2006 itself," she said while making a suo muto statement in the House.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said her government allotted land measuring 65 cents,
on September 26, 2002, opposite Sathya Studio in Adayar for the purpose
of erecting a manimandapam for Sivaji Ganesan, who had acted over 300 films and received many honours, including Dadasaheb Palkhe award.
Subsequently, the Myalpore tahsildar handed over the land to the
association. "As the approach road to the quarters of the High Court
judges ran through the land, the government requested the association to
give Rs 4.20 lakh for laying a new road. But the association paid only
Rs 2 lakh and the rest was contributed by the state government. Later
the government also erected a fence wall around the site," she said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said her government in four years had constructed
manimandapams for Tamil martyr Sankaralinganar, Veerapandia Kattabomman,
John Penny Quick, who had constructed the Mullaperiyar dam, and
Karikala Cholan besides memorials for Theernam Chinnamalai, Veeramangai
Velu Natchiyar and Veerathai Kuyili.
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