Lok Sabha elections 2019: Tardy progress on Shivaji, Ambedkar memorials could embarrass BJP in polls
(WorldNews India)

The sluggish pace of two big-ticket projects dedicated to Chhatrapati Shivaji and Dalit icon B R Ambedkar in and around Mumbai may leave the BJP ill at ease in Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, according to observers. Advertising The work to build the tallest statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast is yet to take off, three years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the ‘jal pujan’ at the site in 2016. Though necessary technical clearances are in place for the project, whose cost is estimated to be around Rs 3,600 crore, the actual work is yet to commence at the site. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has consistently maintained...