azadpur to get 15-foot bronze Vajpayee statue

New Delhi, July 16 -- The Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) has floated a tender to install a 15-foot-tall bronze statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Azadpur roundabout, as part of a larger redevelopment project, which also includes renovating a foot overbridge and landscaping the traffic junction, officials said on Wednesday. The project, including the civil and electrical works, is estimated to cost Rs.4.47 crore, with a work schedule of 90 days. It is targeted for completion by December, before Vajpayee's birth anniversary on December 25, officials said, adding that the bronze statue will weigh around 1,500kg.Snehil Sinha

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