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An allegorical statue has been added to the postulation of statues on the Marina formation beforehand successful Chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin unveiled the statue connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026); it highlights the value and interaction of acquisition successful the State.
At different lawsuit held astatine the Secretariat, the Chief Minister besides released a publication connected century-old trees successful Chennai.
The statue was installed by the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation nether the School Education Department astatine a full outgo of ₹1.43 crore, an authoritative merchandise said. It is named ‘Katranai Thoorum Arivu’, borrowed from 1 of the Thirukkural couplets that highlights the value of continuous learning.
The broad guidebook ‘100 Year Old Trees of Chennai’ released by the Chief Minister has documented centenarian trees successful Chennai. It is portion of the Green Tamil Nadu Mission, aimed to scientifically papers trees that are implicit 100 years old. Mr. Stalin besides presented awards to champion wood officials/forest rangers to S. Gowtham, N. Venkatesh Prabhu, S. Ganesalingam, Vismiju Viswanathan, M. Saran Vivek, D. Pandurangan, M. Sadhasivam, and Sathishkumar.
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin; Ministers E.V. Velu, M.P. Saminathan, R.S. Rajakannappan, P.K. Sekarbabu, and Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi; Chennai Mayor R. Priya; and elder officials were among those contiguous connected the occasion.
