The Statue of Equality also known as the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial is a monument under-construction dedicated to B. R. Ambedkar, the 20th-century Indian intellectual and the father of the Indian Constitution. The statue will be located at Indu Mills Compound in Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra. The statue will be 137.3-metre (450 ft) in total height, including a 30.5-metre (100 ft) pedestal. The Ambedkar statue will be the third tallest statue in the world after the Statue of Unity (182 m) and the Spring Temple Buddha (153 m). The statue will be completed in May 2026.
The memorial will be dedicated to B. R. AmbedkarIt is to be situated on property formerly owned by National Textile Corporation known as Indu Mills (India United Mill No. 6) in Dadar.[1] The land is now owned by the Government of Maharashtra.[2] The foundation stone was laid on 11 October 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[3] Construction proper was to start in November 2015,[4] but as of November 2017[update] the project had not been assigned to a construction contractor, due to only one bid being submitted back then.[2]
On 10 March 2018, newspapers in India reported that the contract for the construction of the statue had been awarded to the Shapoorji Pallonji Group at a cost of ₹783 crores.[5]
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