Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue Collapses, Descendent Says "Erected In Haste"
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It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2023 and the incident has drawn the ire of the Opposition which has slammed the state government.
A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaji collapsed at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg today. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2023 and the incident has drawn the ire of the Opposition which has slammed the state government, alleging that it paid little attention to the quality of work. पंतप्रधानांनी उद्घाटन करण्यासाठी घाई गडबडीत उभारलेला पुतळा कोसळला ! मुळातच आकारहीन व शिल्पशास्त्रास अनुसरून नसलेला व घाईगडबडीत उभारलेला हा पुतळा बदलावा म्हणून तेव्हाच आम्ही पंतप्रधानांकडे पत्र लिहून मागणी केली होती. या महाराष्ट्रात छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे स्मारक वर्षभरात कोसळते… pic.twitter.com/1US6digK5j
The 35-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji collapsed in the afternoon. Officials said experts will ascertain the exact cause of the collapse. The district has witnessed heavy rains for the last three days.
Chhatrapati Yuvraj Sambhajiraje of Kolhapur, the 13th direct descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, has slammed the Eknath Shinde-led MahaYuti and said, "The statue erected in haste to inaugurate by the Prime Minister collapsed! It was then that we wrote a letter to the Prime Minister and demanded to change this statue, which was basically shapeless and not according to sculpture and was erected in haste."
