Chaityabhoomi project MoU soon
Express news service Posted online: Sat Sep 25 2010, 07:03 hrs
Mumbai : The state government is poised to sign a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) for setting up a national memorial to Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar at Chaityabhoomi, Dadar, in a month. It has already finalised
the land deal with the National Textile Corporation (NTC) for the
project.
The deal pertains to a four-acre plot of the India United Mills No 5
that lies adjacent to Chaityabhoomi. "We have finalised the deal and
an MoU will be signed between us and the NTC in a month," Textiles
Minister Mohammed Arif 'Naseem' Khan told The Indian Express on
Friday. "Of the 12-acre Indu (India United) Mills land, four acres are
being acquired for the Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial¿ In return, extra
FSI will be given as compensation."
The government is keen on expediting the land acquisition to enable
itself, at least, to lay a foundation stone on the death anniversary
of Ambedkar on December 6, when Dalits from across the country visit
the spot to pay tributes.
Sources said the government was also trying to seek the goodwill of
Dalits as major Dalit outfits (like Ramdas Athawale's Republican Party
of India) have broken away from the Congress-NCP alliance last year on
the eve of the Assembly polls. They said the Congress-NCP might also
raise the Chaityabhoomi project as an issue while campaigning for the
forthcoming civic polls in Mumbai.
Incidentally, Chaityabhoomi is the spot at the Dadar seafront where
Ambedkar was cremated in 1956. The renovation by the BMC and the
government is estimated to cost Rs 21 crore. The first phase was
completed three years ago and it included a pathway, improved drainage
system and boulders to protect the retaining wall. The second and
third phases include construction of a walkway projecting into the
sea, widening of the existing pathway, expanding the existing stupa,
landscaping, water fountain and a circular meditation pavilion next to
the stupa.
The fourth phase will involve construction of a library, for which
land belonging to Indu Mills is required. The state has decided to
create an authority to handle the project.
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