From The Hindu · The Hindu Bureau · · 1m 30s
Rani Channamma statue's arm breaks days before festival
The right hand of a 29-year-old bronze statue in Karnataka fell off four days before a major celebration, sparking demands for urgent repair or replacement.
In brief
The right hand of a 29-year-old bronze statue in Karnataka fell off four days before a major celebration, sparking demands for urgent repair or replacement. The right arm of Rani Channamma's statue in Kittur fell off on October nineteenth, prompting demands it be repaired before the Kittur Utsav inauguration on…
Statue's arm falls in Kittur
The right arm of Rani Channamma's equestrian statue in Kittur, Belagavi district, fell off accidentally on October nineteen night. The fifty-foot-high bronze statue stands at the town's entrance off the Pune-Bengaluru national highway.
Cause remains unclear
Officers say the bronze statue's arm may have rusted and broken due to rain and wind, but the actual reason is not known. The arm and sword were taken to the tahsildar's office.
Demands for repair before festival
Pro-Kannada groups demand the statue be repaired in three days before the inauguration of Kittur Utsav on October twenty-third.
Calls for replacement instead
Rudragouda Patil, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike taluk unit president, demanded the twenty-nine-year-old statue be replaced forthwith. He said he submitted a memorandum for replacement four years ago but officers ignored it.
Chief Minister urged to announce replacement
Patil said Chief Minister D.K.Shivakumar, attending the valedictory, should announce the state will not only replace the statue but unveil a larger one.MLC Hanumant Nirani also demanded immediate repairs and installation of a new statue.
“the government can at least repair it before the event”
The takeaway
The right arm of Rani Channamma's statue in Kittur fell off on October nineteenth, prompting demands it be repaired before the Kittur Utsav inauguration on October twenty-third.
