PM Modi unveils Shivaji Maharaj statue in Pune municipal company premises

By PTI

PUNE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj within the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation.

The statue is made up of 1,850 kg of gunmetal and is about 9.5-feet tall.

Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol greeted Modi on his arrival on the municipal company headquarters right here and supplied him a specifically crafted headgear.

The PM additionally paid floral tributes to the statue of social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on the civic headquarters.

Earlier, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, state cabinet minister and senior Shiv Sena chief Subhash Desai, Leader of Opposition within the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis and BJP state president Chandrakant Patil welcomed Modi after he landed on the Lohegaon International Airport right here.

The prime minister will even inaugurate the Pune metro rail’s two precedence stretches of 12 km, out of the full 32.2 km mission within the metropolis.

The basis stone of the metro mission was additionally laid by Modi on Dec 24, 2016. The whole metro mission is being constructed at the price of greater than Rs 11,400 crore.