Maharashtra CM Uddav Thackeray on Friday instructed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to prepare a new schedule for the pilling ceremony of Baba Saheb Ambedkar memorial & invite all necessary dignitaries in the function.
The ground breaking ceremony of the 350 ft statue of late Babasaheb Ambedkar raised as part of the grand memorial at Indu Mills compound at Dadar in north-central Mumbai was canceled today.
Many were upset over not being invited to the event. The controversy erupted when the leaders of the Ambedkar movement were not invited to the event. The event was to be held at Indu Mill at 3 pm today. Republican Sena President Anandraj Y. Ambedkar, the youngest grandson of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had expressed his displeasure over the non-invitation.
To be developed by the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the memorial will cost Rs 1,089 crore as per the revised estimates. On its part, the MMRDA has already started the construction.
The height of Dr Ambedkar’s statue, which was earlier proposed to be of the height of 250 feet, will now be 350 feet. The statue will be erected on a pedestal of the height of 100 feet. In essence, the collective height of the bronze statue will be 450 feet.