Residents of Mankhurd’s Cheeta Camp have raised concerns over the degrading condition of a commemorative statue of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the former president of India, on the VN Purav main road of the area, right next to the Trombay police station. According to the locals, the intersection around the statue is known as the ‘APJ Abdul Kalam Chowk’, but many are unaware that it is named because there is a memorial of the former president, which is often not visible due to illegal parking and its degrading condition makes it hard to recognise.

2022
Year the statue was built