Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar visited the incident site in Malvan where the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue collapsed on August 26.
Chetan Patil, the structural consultant of the Shivaji Maharaj statue that collapsed in the Malvan area of Sindhudurg, has been arrested from Kolhapur, said senior officials of Kolhapur Police.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that the state government is taking decisions on war-footing for the reconstruction of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and two committees have been formed including that to investigate the collapse of the statue in Malvan
A joint technical committee headed by the Indian Navy with representatives from the Maharashtra Government and technical experts is being formed to investigate the unfortunate damage to the Statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj installed at Rajkot Fort, Sindhudurg, subsequent to the exceptio
Three women of a family died after the roof of their two-storey house collapsed due to heavy rain in Brahmpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district on Thursday.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar extended an apology to the people of Maharashtra on Wednesday following the incident of the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue at Rajkot Fort earlier this month.
The collapse of a 35-foot Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg has taken a political turn as opposition held the government accountable for the collapse."
Speaking on the incident, Prahar Janshakti Paksh leader, Bacchu Kadu said that people only talk and not connecting to the ideology of Shivaji Maharaj is the reason.
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader and former MP, Hussain Dalwai on Tuesday spoke on the collapse of a 35-foot Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg which has led to widespread embarrassment for the state government and has turned into a political issue.