India, July 16 -- New Delhi

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, government 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 familiar with the matter said.

A senior PWD official, who did not wish to be named, said, "The project has been planned to honour the legacy of ...