Actor
Vijayakanth
has
reportedly
offered
a
piece
of
land
owned
by
him
to
bury
the
deceased
Novel
Coronavirus
victims.
In
the
wake
of
people
protesting
against
the
burial
or
cremation
of
deceased
COVID-19
victims
near
their
locality,
the
actor
came
forward
and
offered
his
land
for
mass
burials.
The
land
is
situated
near
a
college,
Shri
Andal
Alagar
College
of
Engineering,
which
is
located
near
Chennai.
In
a
statement,
Vijayakanth
said
that
if
this
is
what
would
happen
to
doctors
who
treat
COVID-19,
imagine
the
plight
of
commoners.
He
also
urged
the
Tamil
Nadu
state
government
to
educate
people
that
Coronavirus
doesn't
spread
through
corpses
and
asked
his
political
party
workers
to
do
the
same.
For
those
who
are
unversed,
on
Sunday,
55-year-old
neurosurgeon
Dr
Simon
Hercules
died
of
COVID-19
at
a
private
hospital
in
Chennai.
Sadly,
when
his
body
was
brought
to
a
cemetery
in
Anna
Nagar,
localities
protested
against
the
same
and
attacked
those
who
had
brought
the
body
there.
They
also
damaged
the
ambulance.
After
this
barbaric
incident,
DMDK
Chief
Vijayakanth
decided
to
offer
his
land
for
mass
burials.
Like
Vijayakanth,
other
celebrities
like
Kamal
Haasan,
Karthi,
Vivekh
and
others
condemned
the
act
by
local
residents.
Twitterati
too
praised
Vijayakanth
for
his
gesture.
See
tweets:
Saran
@Charan_Chendhu
"Really
this
is
a
Heartful
gesture
by
#Vijayakanth
sir,
Bravo
!!"
A.Pari
@pariCRP
"#vijayakanth
These
are
testing
times.
With
a
rare
gesture,
you
proved
that
you
are
a
Lion
among
a
pack
of
Wolves."
Priyanshashti
@priyanshashti
"We
salute
you
sir
#vijayakanth
for
announcing
that
he
is
ready
to
allocate
a
place
in
his
college
campus
to
bury
the
souls
of
people
who
died
due
to
#COVID-19"
KP
@KPmusicoffl
"Hats
off
to
our
Dear
#Captain
for
his
noble
deed
of
having
donated
a
part
of
his
college
ground
for
the
Burial
of
Covid-19
Victims!
Man
of
humanity!"