Honestly, what is with everyone's sudden interest in statues now? Like no one really cared about any statue in the country and now it's turned into a competition on who can spend the most money and make the biggest statue.

After the unveiling of Statue of Unity, there was huge debate about whether it was a waste of money – it was – and even after so much criticism, spending thousands of crores on statues still is a good idea, apparently.

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It's the game of erections and Karnataka also wants to play. Reportedly, the state government has proposed a 350 feet tall statue of Mother Cauvery at the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir in Mandya district. Yep, it's just a competition of who has the biggest, umm, statue.

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The statue is expected to be finished within the next two years and will reportedly cost â¹1,200. So, pretty cheap, as you can see. “It is not exactly a statue, it will be like a tower. The land already belongs to the govt and we will be inviting investors to invest in it, no govt money will be used. It will be a tourist destination,” said Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar was quoted as saying by ANI.

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Well, even if the government won't be spending money on it, is making statues still the correct way of spending over thousand freaking crores?