The environment ministry has given the green signal to the Rs 1,900 crore Shivaji Statue project. The Maharashtra government received environmental clearances after submitting the proposal nine months back.
The 309 ft tall statue will be located off the Marine Drive, along the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai. For this project, the environment ministry has given clearance, and a notification will be out soon. The proposal had been sent to the Union government in February 2014, under the Congress-NCP government’s rule which had also allotted Rs 100 crore for the project.
Earlier, the Navy had opposed the project coming up on 16 ha bedrock in the Arabian Sea, citing restrictions on construction in the Coastal Regulatory Zone.
The Shivaji statue is planned on the lines of the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari.
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Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Monument (Marine Drive)