MUMBAI: A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, unveiled by PM Modi at Rajkot fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg final yr, collapsed on Monday. Terming the incident “unlucky”, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde stated that “resulting from robust winds of round 45 kmph,” the statue “erected by Navy… fell and received broken”.
He promised to reinstall it. Opposition events, then again, slammed govt and alleged it had paid little consideration to the standard of labor.The 35-foot statue collapsed at round 1pm. Consultants will verify the precise reason behind the collapse, an official stated. Senior police and district administration officers have reached the positioning to take inventory of the state of affairs, he stated.
Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje of Kolhapur, the thirteenth direct descendant of Shivaji, stated, “The statue was erected in a haste to be inaugurated by the PM. We had written to the PM and demanded that this statue, which was shapeless and was erected in haste, be modified.” On this Maharashtra, there isn’t a such unlucky factor as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s memorial collapsing inside a yr. In such a state of affairs, with what authority will we discuss Maharaj’s forts,” Sambhajiraje stated in a put up on X.
The state PWD had on Aug 20 written to the Space Coastal Safety Officer in regards to the precarious situation of the statue, stating that regardless of repairs carried out in June by the sculptor, Jaydeep Apte, the native gram panchayat and vacationers had complained that the statue regarded shaky.
