- Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao and Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar graced the occasion
- The statue was built with a cost of Rs 146.5 crore
IndiGlobal Bureau
The architect of Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar’s towering statue, standing 125-feet tall, was unveiled in Hyderabad on Friday by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao along with Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Ambedkar in the presence of ministers, legislators and public representatives and government officials. Soon after, Ambedkar’s statue was showered with flower petals from a helicopter which was a special attraction.
Earlier, Prakash Ambedkar inaugurated the Circular Base building, similar to Indian Parliament, shouldering the imposing statue. Later the dignitaries went through a photo exhibition which had rare pictures of Dr Ambedkar. An audio-visual presentation was played depicting the life of India’s greatest visionary leader and the efforts put in for making the statue.
Speaking in a public meeting held on this occasion, CM KCR said that Ambedkar stands as a role model for the poor people all over the world. He announced that Telangana government would give away Ambedkar awards to successful people from different walks of life every year on his birth anniversary. We would be depositing Rs 51 crore in the bank for this purpose and the Rs 3 crore interest generated from it would be used for the awards process and programme.
The statue was built with a cost of Rs 146.5 crore by the Telangana government, which claimed this as the tallest statue of Ambedkar in the world.
Salient features of the project:
1. Height of Pedestal: 50 Feet
2. Diameter of Pedestal:
(i) Ground floor: 172 ft
(ii) Terrace : 74 ft
3. Height of Statue: 125 Feet
4. Built up area in Pedestal Structure:
(i) Lower Ground Floor: 2066 Sft
(ii) Ground Floor : 15200 Sft
(iii) Terrace Floor : 2200 Sft
(iv) Built up area in Ancillary building: 6792 Sft
(v) Total Built up Area : 26258 Sft.
5. Facilities in the monument building:
(i) Museum & Gallery exhibiting important life events of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar.
(ii) Landscape and Greenery: 2.93 Acres
(iii) Parking for about 450 Cars.
(iv) Lifts 15 Passengers- 2 Nos
6. Quantity of Stainless Steel used in Armature Structure of Statue: 360 MT.
7. Quantity of Bronze used in casting of the Statue: 114 MT.
