I was so excited to hear this news!!!
Wow! A statue in India bigger than a statue of Liberty! So what if our Prime Minister has declared most part of our country drought prone. . .
Well, we can definately afford it as such we have trillions of dollars worth black money lying in Swiss bank accounts, so why not little more of stripping our economy?
Our Govt is proudly boasting that this statue of Shivaji Maharaj will rival NY's Statue of Liberty, a statue that was build 110 years back! Don't we have anything to compete that was build recently? Burj Dubai !! Wont it make us feel more proud?
If our Govt thinks that they need to do something for our cultural heritage, there must hundreds of endangered monuments, structures which are part of our cultural heritage dying slowly towards destruction due to lack of funds. The Govt has funds to build new structure but dont care about what we have been gifted by our ancesters!!! Can you imagine what can be the face of our city like Mumbai if this amount is spent on beautification of the city??
I agree that this statue will attract tourists across the globe and will generate revenue... but will it really seduce the people to put this statue in their 'wishlist'? I doubt... Mumbai city has so much to offer that one more 'must see' wont make much difference...
I wont re-utter the same crap that our country needs to invest more in infrastructure and other development projects, but atleast our so-called janta ke sevaks should think how these funds can be utilized to get optimum return in any kind..
