Road named after late Erode (East) MLA Thirumahan Everaa

Cutchery Street has been renamed as Thirumahan E.V.R. Road in Erode metropolis on April 27, 2023
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A highway in Erode metropolis has been named after E. Thirumahan Everaa, the late Congress MLA of the Erode (East) Assembly constituency, who died in January this 12 months. 

Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy unveiled the brand new signal board bearing the title ‘Thirumagan E.V.R. Road’, at Panneerselvam Park Junction, within the presence of Collector H. Krishnanunni, Mayor S. Nagarathinam, Erode MP A. Ganeshamurthi, the deceased MLA’s father and incumbent MLA E.V.Okay.S. Elangovan. 

Mr. Everaa handed away as a consequence of cardiac arrest on January 4, following which the Corporation handed a decision to rename Cutchery Street in Ward 43 of Zone 4 the place his home was situated. 

Mr. Muthusamy advised the media that Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin wished to rename the road in order that the MLA is remembered without end. “Due to the by-election to the constituency, the process of renaming could not be done then,” he stated. 

Mr. Elangovan advised the journalists that he would proceed to hold out the works left behind by his son.

Further, he put forth a request for putting in a statue of former Member of Parliament S.Okay. Paramasivam on the premises of Aavin at Chithode as he was instrumental in rising milk manufacturing within the district. The senior Congress MLA additionally sought a statue for freedom fighter G.S. Lakshmanan Iyer at Gobichettipalayam.

Deputy Mayor V. Selvaraj, Corporation Commissioner P. Janaki Raveendran, Executive Engineer Vijayakumar, zone chairmen, councillors and officers have been current.