Complex used for Anna Hazare’s Demonstration to be Torn Down for Residential Purpose
Site 153, LB Road in Thiruvanmiyur stands alone after it became Chennai’s go-to place for those with a patriotic streak. The 16-storey building, which was meant to be a commercial complex and office block, had been lying vacant and unfinished for four years before a week of the indefinite fast by the volunteers of Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption came to an end.
The commercial-complex-to-be had found few takers and is to be torn down to make way for a residential complex to be developed by Ramaniyam and Surendra Developers. The Anna Hazare hoarding still stands at the gate, as a reminder of what the place had witnessed.
In a city that has so many historic places that saw significant protests, this is one that won’t stand for long. But, let us hope that something comes out of the fast,” said a police officer who had stood guard over the demonstrations.
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