Pavendhan has been actively involved in this initiative for the past five years. He spends weekends clearing encroachments on footpaths caused by shop owners and street vendors. “I started creating awareness among street vendors and shop owners in 2018. I came across many trees damaged by nails and stapler pins used for keeping pamphlets and notices on trees.
The Shiv Sena MPs in the Lok Sabha on Monday protested against the recent desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in Bengaluru and demanded the resignation of the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. The Shiv Sena MPs from Maharashtra trooped into the well of the Lok Sabha soon after the House assembled for the day and the proceedings of the Question Hour
The Bengaluru Police have arrested seven persons in the Shivaji statue desecration case. Officers from the Sadashivanagar Police Station said that the accused had allegedly smeared the Shivaji statue at Bengaluru's Bashyam Circle with black ink on Thursday midnight. Further investigation is under way.
The Bengaluru City Police on Saturday registered an FIR against unknown miscreants for defacing the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the Bashyam Circle in Sadashivanagar. Acknowledging the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) MN Anucheth said that special teams have been constituted to nab the culprits.