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Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has directed its staffers to conduct a structural audit of all the statues in the twin city and submit a report before Sept 18. The city engineer of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s building permission and unauthorised construction control department, Makarand Nikam, has issued the directives on Sept 3 after the recent incident reported at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurga, where a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed. “We carried out frequent inspections of these structures, and whenever needed, we conducted necessary repairs of supporting structures,” Nikam told TOI.
He added that the executive engineers have been directed to repair statues if needed during the audit. TNN We also published the following articles recently Shivaji statue collapse: Tipped off by his wife, cops arrest sculptor of statue Jaydeep Apte, a 39-year-old artist and former JJ School of Art student, has been arrested in connection with the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji statue. He was detained outside his home after returning from Malvan.
The police are now proceeding with their investigation with Apte's assistance. Installing Ambedkar statue: Meeting deferred to Sept 9 Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur will lead a meeting on Sept 9 to deliberate on installing Dr BR Ambedkar's statue in Mangaluru. Officials from MCC, MSCL, city police, and various organizations will participate.
The Confederation of SCs & STs Organisations prefers placing the statue at the center of Ambedkar Circle. Had stainless steel been used, Shivaji Maharaj statue would not have collapsed: Union minister Nitin Gadkari Union highways minister Nitin Gadkari stressed the necessity of using stainless steel in coastal constructions to prevent rusting, mentioning the collapse of the Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg. Sculptor Jaydeep Apte is currently untraceable with a lookout notice issued against him, while structural engineer Chetan Patil remains in police custody.
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