The Utkal Sammilani celebrated the birth anniversary of the Saheed Laxman Naik paying floral tributes at his statue at Kalinga Hospital Square here on Friday.
Sammilani Mancheswar branch president Dilip Dashsharma, presiding over the programme, demanded that the Culture Department take steps to repair and maintain the statues of legendary leaders.
He said that the statues of Laxman Naik and many others and their surrounding have been damaged in the Cyclone Fani but have not been repaired even if six months have elapsed.
Sammilani VP Nirakar Sital Chandra Mohanty, joint secretary Ashok Paltasingh, Maheswar Biswal, Basanti Tripathy, Prasanna Rath, Niranjan Patra, Sidharth Sankar Gadnayak, Akhaya Kumar Jethi and Prakash Kumar Samal also paid tributes to martyr Naik.