The inauguration of the ₹400-crore Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue and Smriti Vanam (memorial park), coming up at Swarjya Maidan (PWD Grounds) in Vijayawada, has been postponed yet again with construction work on the park yet to complete.
Installation of the 125-ft bronze statue, sitting on an 81-ft pedestal, was slated for November 26 coinciding with the Constitution Day. However, only work on the statue seems to have been completed, while work on the memorial park, comprising a conventional hall, meditation hall, coming up at the 18.81-acre maidan is yet to finish.
In August, while inspecting work at the park, Municipal Administration Minister Adimulapu Suresh had said the park would be ready by November 26 and that it would have four AC halls with one of them having a mini theatre throwing light on the life events of Dr. Ambedkar and the other three having museums.
