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Modi to lay foundation for Shivaji Memorial today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today,will lay foundation stones for the grand memorial of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji and the metro rail projects in Mumbai and Pune.
Adding to it, he will also inaugurate the newly-built campus of the National Institute of Securities Management in MIDC Patalganga in neighbouring Raigad district. From there, he visits the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast, where the state government is planning to build a mega memorial for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
The main feature of the Shivaji memorial, slated to cost Rs. 3,600 crore, will be a 192-metre-tall statue of the iconic Maratha king. The site is a rocky outcrop, roughly 1.5 km from the Raj Bhavan shore.
As the elections of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are nearing, Modi's visit at this point of time assumes political significance.
