Machines fall silent at UP memorial construction sites
A day after Supreme Court order to Uttar Pradesh government to stop construction activities at all memorials here, machines at the sites fell silent and bulldozers remained idle.
By PTI |
LUCKNOW: A day after Supreme Court order to the Uttar Pradesh government to stop construction activities at all memorials here, machines at the sites fell silent and bulldozers remained idle.
The apex court had directed the Mayawati government to forthwith stop all further construction, repair and maintenance activities at the memorials for Kanshi Ram, B R Ambedkar and others in Lucknow.
"After the SC directive, all machines were quickly pulled back and the construction work stopped by 7 PM yesterday itself. The sites have been cordoned off," a state government official said today.
The court had pulled up the state government saying "you are playing with fire" and told it that its orders cannot be violated.
The construction sites virtually wore a deserted look with workers resting in their hutments. As per official estimates nearly 10,000 workers, mainly from Rajasthan and Bihar, were working at these sites.
While around 5,000 masons and labourers were working at Ambedkar Memorial in Gomti Nagar alone, the rest were deployed elsewhere.
"We were asked to stop work at all sites immediately and get the premises vacated. Labourers at these sites were driven away by security forces by late evening," the official said.
The work at different sites including Ambedkar memorial, Kanshiram Smarak, Ramabai rally ground and Kanshiram Sanskriti Sthal was being supervised by Lucknow Development Authority and Rajkiya Nirman Nigam.
The apex court had directed the Mayawati government to forthwith stop all further construction, repair and maintenance activities at the memorials for Kanshi Ram, B R Ambedkar and others in Lucknow.
"After the SC directive, all machines were quickly pulled back and the construction work stopped by 7 PM yesterday itself. The sites have been cordoned off," a state government official said today.
The court had pulled up the state government saying "you are playing with fire" and told it that its orders cannot be violated.
The construction sites virtually wore a deserted look with workers resting in their hutments. As per official estimates nearly 10,000 workers, mainly from Rajasthan and Bihar, were working at these sites.
While around 5,000 masons and labourers were working at Ambedkar Memorial in Gomti Nagar alone, the rest were deployed elsewhere.
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"We were asked to stop work at all sites immediately and get the premises vacated. Labourers at these sites were driven away by security forces by late evening," the official said.
The work at different sites including Ambedkar memorial, Kanshiram Smarak, Ramabai rally ground and Kanshiram Sanskriti Sthal was being supervised by Lucknow Development Authority and Rajkiya Nirman Nigam.
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