Work on Ambedkar's memorial in Mumbai to be completed expeditiously: CM Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said the work to set up an international standard memorial of Dr B R Ambedkar at the Indu Mill Compound in Mumbai will be completed at the earliestIt will be a magnificent monument which the world will envy he saidAddressing a function after paying floral tributes to Ambedkar on his death anniversary at his memorial Chaityabhoomi in Dadar area here Shinde also said all memories and history pertaining to the architect of the Constitution will be preservedApart from the CM Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other state leaders also paid homage to Ambedkar at Chaityabhoomi located at the Shivaji Park in DadarShinde said Dr Ambedkars memorial being built on the Indu Mill land near Chaityabhoomi in Dadar is a magnificent divine monument which the world will envy and it will be completed at the earliestAmbedkars house Rajgruh in Dadar is a historic treasure he saidAll the things related to Dr Ambedkar there will be preserved and the place of Dr Ambedkars another memorial at Lower Parel in Mumbai will be inspected he saidLegends create history but Babasaheb changed the history by instilling selfrespect among those who were living disrespectful lives Shinde saidOn the occasion Fadnavis said the message of equality brotherhood and humanity given by Dr Ambedkar is the message of welfare of the worldPrime Minister Narendra Modi also says that a person like him who is the son of a teaseller could become the PM only because of the Constitution written by Dr Ambedkar Fadnavis saidIN PICS Followers of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar mark Mahaparinirvan Diwas in MumbaiI feel this is the power of the Constitution the Bharatiya Janata Party leader BJP saidGovernor Koshyari said among all the freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi and others Dr Ambedkars name is shining like the sunMany people contributed for writing the Constitution but Dr Ambedkar gave a type of sanjivani rejuvenator to those who are poor Dalits and ignored for hundreds of years he saidAfter offering floral tributes to Ambedkar the dignitaries paid a visit to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations photo exhibition on his life and Bhimjyoti eternal flame at ChaityabhoomiThe BMC has made arrangements for a live telecast of the events being held at Chaityabhoomi on various social media platformsThe death anniversary of the chief architect of the Constitution is observed as Mahaparinirvan DinState ministers Deepak Kesarkar Mangal Prabhat Lodha Lok Sabha member Rahul Shewale Mumbai civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar the grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar also paid tributes to himEvery year thousands of people from across the state converge at B R Ambedkars memorial Chaityabhoomi on December 6 who died on this day in 1956The BMC has set up temporary sheds mobile toilets drinking water and medical stalls at the Shivaji Park in view of the huge rush of B R Ambedkars followers expected on TuesdayThe Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST has arranged 50 additional buses and installed 500 extra lights in the Shivaji Park area for the convenience of the visitorsThe BEST has also made arrangements of breakfast for the visitors and first aid facilities in case of such a requirementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever