Rachna Khaira

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 17

Taking cognisance of a Jalandhar Tribune report published on November 15 highlighting the dilapidated condition of 13 statues of Paramvir and Mahavir Chakra winners in Jawahar Park in the Cantonment area here, the Army authorities today swung into action by getting the statues painted.The statues attracted everyone’s attention this morning who visited the park for morning stroll. The shinning black heroes seemed to have come alive after they were washed given a fresh coat of colour. Also, the focus lights installed over the statues were repaired. Their umbrellas, too, were cleaned and painted afresh.Speaking to The Tribune, a daily visitor to the place Anand said though he had asked the sanitation staff working there many times to wash these, none had paid heed to this. “It is really a commendable job by the Army who immediately did a good job,” said the software engineer.Vivek Sharma, a yoga teacher, too, applauded the Army’s move to have come to the rescue of the war heroes’ statues. “Unfortunately, the sanitation staff here have created dumping sites around many statues. It was just not possible to stand near the statues and read about their glory. With the cleaning of these statues, the dumping grounds too vanished and more cleanliness was observed for the past two days,” said Sharma.The Tribune, in it report, had highlighted the plight of the statues which were found to be either broken or covered with dust and birds faeces.