CHENNAI: If you are driving around the city, especially on Anna Salai, on Sunday, expect to face a few traffic diversions and delays. The city police have made elaborate security arrangements as VVIPs’ are visiting Chennai to attend the unveiling of statues of M Karunanidhi and his mentor C N Annadurai, at Anna Arivalayam, DMK headquarters at Teynampet, scheduled for 5 pm.A senior police officer said, “The unveiling of the statues at Anna Arivalayam will be restricted to VVIPs , other leaders and cadres will gather at the public meeting venue (YMCA grounds at Royapettah).”Police said about 500 people would gather at the DMK headquarters to witness the unveiling; the DMK planned to tekecast the unveiling live at the public meeting venue on huge LED screens.DMK office-bearers had obtained permission from Hyatt hotel next to Anna Arivalayam to provide parking space for vehicles. .Vehicular movement will be restricted on the stretch. There will be also be traffic curbs when the VVIPs travel to the Karunanidhi memorial on the Marina via Dr Radhakrishnan Salai.Traffic would also be restricted when the VVIPs’ convoy travels from the Karunanidhi memorial to the public meeting venue at YMCA, Royapettah. The DMK has sought permission from the Monahan school to park buses and vehicles of those attending the public meeting.Meanwhile,civic activists have questioned the DMK’s setting up of LED lights, banners and life-size posters of Karunanidhi and M K Stalin on Anna Salai, stating that it was a violation of high court orders. Bharath Raghunathan, a civic activist, said that the party that often commented on illegal hoardings set up by ruling party was violating the same rules and was also stealing electricity from government transformers.

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