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Eknath Shinde has ordered the formation of a joint technical committee of experts, structural engineers and officials of the Indian Navy and the state government to investigate the recent collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the Rajkot Fort in Malvan. The committee has been tasked with determining the exact reasons behind the unfortunate incident and ensuring that such incidents do not occur in the future.
After Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, now Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has apologized for the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Along with this, Chief Minister Shinde has announced to build a bigger statue as soon as possible. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has recently ordered the formation of a joint technical committee of experts, structural engineers and officials of the Indian Navy and the state government to investigate the incident of collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort in Malvan. The committee has been tasked with determining the exact reasons behind the unfortunate incident and ensuring that such incidents do not happen in the future.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday issued a public apology after the recent collapse of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which was erected last year. Given the historical and cultural significance of the Maratha warrior king, the incident has sparked widespread concern and criticism across the state. Ajit Pawar said, “Shivaji Maharaj is our deity, I apologise to 13 crore people of Maharashtra for the collapse of his statue.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday criticised the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government over the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue. Thackeray said the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will hold a protest march against the collapse in Mumbai on September 1. The former Maharashtra chief minister hit out at Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar for saying that something good could come out of the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue. He also said that claiming that the statue of Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan fort fell due to wind is the height of shamelessness.
The 35-foot statue of the 17th century Maratha Empire founder, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajkot Fort in Sindhudurg on December 4 last year, collapsed on Monday afternoon. Initial reports suggested that the statue collapsed due to heavy rains and strong winds in Sindhudurg district over the past few days, following which opposition parties attacked the Maharashtra government for the poor quality of work and maintenance of the statue.
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