KCR unveiled a 125 feet bronze statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao unveiled a 125 feet bronze statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake on Friday in Hyderabad on his birth anniversary.
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He unveiled the bronze statue in the presence of Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar. Floral petals were showered on the statue from a special helicopter at the event attended by about 40K people who converged from various parts of the state.
KCR and Prakash Ambedkar went around the museum and gallery highlighting the life of Dr BR Ambedkar. A special audio-visual on construction of the giant statue was also screened on the occasion.
BR Ambedkar tallest statue has built adjacent to the newly built Telangana Secretariat, which has also been named after the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. A total 360 tonnes of stainless steel has been used in the armature structure of the statue. The developers have used 114 tonnes of bronze in casting of the statue. A sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar (98) from Maharashtra made the statue.
The statue has been built on a 50-feet high pedestal with a ground floor measuring 172 feet and terrace of 74 feet. The Government sanctioned Rs 146.50 crore for the project in 2020 and the work was entrusted to KPC Projects Limited, Hyderabad. An agreement was signed June 3rd, 2021 with a stipulated period of 12 months.
The BR Ambedkar statue project has come up on 11.7 acre area. The monument building comprises a museum and gallery exhibiting important life events of Dr Ambedkar. It has landscape and greenery on 2.93 acres with provision for parking for about 450 cars. The main building and ancillary blocks have come up on 1.35 acre.
The monument building has a total built up area of 26,258 Sq.ft. The built up area of the lower ground floor in the pedestal structure is 2,066 Sft while it is 15,200 on ground floor and 2,200 Sft on terrace floor, said the sources.