LMC sanctions ₹47 crore for Lakshman statue project in Lucknow
By: admin | Sept. 20, 2022, 5:54 p.m.
The executive committee of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), met on Sunday and cleared a budget of ₹47.11 crores for the 111 ft Lakshman statue project in Lucknow while expressing its displeasure over the irrigation department’s delay in granting NOC for the project.
Of the total amount, ₹15.20 crore is to be spent on the statue while ₹29.21 crore is to be used to develop the place around the statue, the pedestal on which the statue would be mounted and a museum, LMC officials said. The rest of the amount is to be spent on developing a garden and other beautification work around the statue, that has been proposed on the banks of the Gomti river, officials said.
The LMC had sought the NOC from the irrigation department, through a letter on June 6. However, the NOC has been held up as the department stated that the place where the LMC wanted the statue installed was a flood zone.
