Kurush F Dalal: Why build memorial for emperor who had nothing to do with Mumbai?
Updated On: 30 October, 2016 06:23 AM IST | | Kurush F Dalal
<p>Last week, the debt-ridden state govt approved a memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea for a jaw-dropping Rs 3,600 crore. But, is this only an exercise in self-aggrandisement?<br /><br /></p>
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Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced last week that the Shivaji Memorial in the Arabian Sea would be built at a cost of Rs 3,600 crore
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced last week that the Shivaji Memorial in the Arabian Sea would be built at a cost of Rs 3,600 crore
On October 26, newspaper headlines screamed out that the cash-strapped Maharashtra government had decided to go through with the mid-sea memorial to Shivaji Maharaj, smack dab in the middle of the bay off the south coast of Mumbai. This colossal exercise of self-aggrandisement was pegged at a whopping R3,600 crore of the taxpayers' money.
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