Modi unveils tallest Deendayal Upadhyaya statue

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled the 63-feet-tall statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya while inaugurating the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre in Padao on the Varanasi-Chandauli border. The ‘pancha loha’ statue is the tallest statue of the BJP ideologue in the country. Over 200 artisans have worked for almost a year in order to complete the structure. The Memorial Centre, spread over nine acres, will also have the engravings of the life and times of Deendayal Upadhyaya. About 30 Odisha craftsmen and artists have worked on the project during the last year, according to an official statement. The prime minister also launched projects worth Rs 1,200 crore for his constituency. The projects include a 430-bed super-specialty government hospital, and a 74-bed psychiatry hospital at Banaras Hindu University. (IANS)