The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave a nod to the proposal to raise by 100 feet the height of a proposed statue of the 'Father of the Constitution' BR Ambedkar, at the Indu Mills compound here. The decision was taken in a meeting presided by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Earlier, the proposed height for the statues was 250 feet but the Cabinet decided that the height should be 350 feet. The height of the pedestal will be 100 feet, thus, the total height of the statue will be 450 m from the ground. The upcoming memorial will cost a total of Rs 1100 crore.

The statue will be located close to Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's memorial site Chaityabhoomi.