Udupi : A bronze statue of late Dr VS Acharya, former minister for higher education and Udupi district minister will come up in front of the Udupi district administration office complex at Manipal next month. Yet another bust of Acharya will be installed in front of the Udupi CMC Office.  Udupi Legislator Raghupathi Bhat has said the statues will be installed on January 26.

The  statues are in final stages and are being sculpted at the residence of artiste Purushottam Adve by a team of artistes led by Adve. The finishing touches for the same are expected to be given in Bangalore.

MLA Raghupathi  Bhat along with Dr Acharya’s sons Dr Kiran Acharya and Dr Raviraj Acharya on December 27, Thursday, inspected the works and gave necessary suggestions to the artistes.