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India to spend $700 million to build Shivaji memorial

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A design of the proposed memorial of Maratha warrior, Shivaji. Source: Maharashtra Government

While India's Prime Minister says the memorial will boost tourism and more such iconic landmarks should be built in the country, many are questioning whether India should be spending millions of dollars on statues and memorials when the money can be used for more pressing needs of the masses.


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While India's Prime Minister says the memorial will boost tourism and more such iconic landmarks should be built in the country, many are questioning whether India should be spending millions of dollars on statues and memorials when the money can be used for more pressing needs of the masses.


Narender Modi, Prime Minister of India laid the foundation stone of giant statue detecting Maratha King Shivaji. Touted as the tallest statue of the world, it will be built four kilometres into the Arabian Sea. But fishermen of the city are opposing the project, so as the environmentalists. statue of double in height than New York's Statue of Liberty is already in controversy before its work getting

The statue of the great Maratha warrior will be double the height of New York's Statue of Liberty. But many are questioning whether India should be spending close to a billion dollars when same money can be used for the welfare of debt-stricken farmers. 


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