Overview
- MMRDA, which announced Tuesday that structural work on all auxiliary buildings is complete, set a new deadline of 30 November for the Indu Mill memorial.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said efforts are under way to finish as much work as possible before 6 December, the date of Ambedkar’s death anniversary.
- The centrepiece 350-foot bronze statue atop a 100-foot pedestal is being fabricated in Ram Sutar’s Ghaziabad workshop, with 4,278 tonnes of steel and 107 tonnes of bronze already procured.
- Plans include a 1,000-seat auditorium, research and exhibition spaces, a library, a meditation center, and a temperature-controlled spiral path with lifts to the statue’s base.
- Opposition leaders challenged the revised timeline and progress claims, as officials asserted 95% completion while other reports cited just over 55%.