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125 feet Dr BR Ambedkar: Know trivia of Hyderabad’s new monument
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Hyderabad: As the massive 125 feet statue of Dr BR Ambedkar is up for inauguration on April 14, 2023 (Friday) by Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanthi, here are the important events in the timeline of the construction of this Hyderabad’s latest landmark.
Project announcement
Telangana chief minister K Chandra Shekhar Rao, on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar on 14th April 2016, announced that the government of Telangana will install his 125 feet tall statue at NTR Gardens adjacent to the Secretariat in the city.
From word to work
The State government issued GO Rt No. 211 on April 11, 2016, of the Scheduled Caste Development (BUD.LA) department issued orders for the constitution of Ambedkar Vigraha Aviskarana Committee for the erection of 125 feet tall statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at hillock area of NTR Garden premises, Hyderabad under the chairmanship of the then deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari.

The statue under construction in March 2023.
The Government also issued GO Rt No. 291 on May 21, 2016, of Scheduled Caste Development (BUD.LA) department has also constituted a technical committee for collecting relevant information from various organizations for the erection of 125 feet tall statue of Dr BR Ambedkar under the chairmanship of secretary to the government, SCD department.
On April 4, 2018, the government further issued GO Rt No. 152 of Scheduled Caste Development (BUD.LA) department issued orders appointing M/s Design Associates as consultants for the preparation of Detailed Project Report and Project Management Consultancy Services during the construction of the above project.
The consultants prepared two alternatives (Circular and Square pedestals) for approval and the same was presented before the chief minister. The chief minister approved the circular base option.
Circular base structure similar to Indian Parliament
Based on Option-II i.e Ambedkar statue on a circular base building structure similar to Indian Parliament approved by the chief minister, the consultants ‘M/s Design Associates’ submitted a detailed estimate for Rs.146.50 Crores based on quotations from Ram Sutar Fine Arts Pvt Ltd & Mattu Ram Arts Studios Pvt Ltd, Delhi who are renowned sculptors.
The administrative sanction was accorded by the government for Rs. 146.50 Crores vide GO Ms No.2 Scheduled Castes Development (Bud.LA) department dated November 15, 2020.

The Engineer-in-Chief (R&B) Buildings & NH accorded technical sanction for Rs.146.50 Crores based on the administrative sanction accorded by the government and initiated the tender process and the work was entrusted to M/s KPC Projects Limited, Hyderabad. The agreement was concluded on June 3 with a stipulated period of 12 months and work commenced.
Salient features of the project:
- Height of Pedestal: 50 Feet
Ground floor: 172 ft
Terrace: 74 ft
- Height of Statue: 125 Feet
- Built-up area in Pedestal Structure:
Lower Ground Floor: 2066 Sft
Ground Floor: 15200 Sft
KCR inspecting the statue in March 2023.
- Terrace Floor: 2200 Sft
- Built-up area in Ancillary building: 6792 Sft
- Total Built-up Area: 26258 Sft.
- Facilities in the monument building:
- Museum & Gallery exhibiting important life events of Dr BR Ambedkar.
- Landscape and Greenery: 2.93 Acres
- Parking for about 450 Cars.
- Lifts 15 Passengers- 2 Nos
- Quantity of Stainless Steel used in the Armature Structure of the statue: 360 MT.
- Quantity of Bronze used in the casting of the Statue: 114 MT.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
April 13, 2023

Passport Offices in Hyderabad to function on Ambedkar Jayanti

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Hyderabad: In Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana, Passport Offices which are known as Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) will function on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti which falls on Friday, April 14. This decision was taken after it was earlier announced that passport services would be canceled on this day. The decision was taken to avoid inconvenience to the applicants.

To inform the changes, messages will be sent to the applicants. It is advised that applicants need to check their appointment status on the official website. This decision will bring relief to many applicants who have been waiting for their passports for a long time.

Out of the five Passport Offices in Telangana, three are located in Hyderabad. They are

PSK Ameerpet
PSK Begumpet, and
PSK Tolichowki.

Passport appointment availability at offices in Hyderabad

The earliest passport appointment available at all three PSKs in Hyderabad is May 19.

Location of Passport Offices	Application type/Quota	Earliest appointment date
Ameerpet	Passport/Normal	June 1, 2023
Ameerpet	Passport/Tatkal	May 19, 2023
Ameerpet	PCC	April 14, 2023
Begumpet	Passport/Normal	June 1, 2023
Begumpet	Passport/Tatkal	May 19, 2023
Begumpet	PCC	April 14, 2023
ToliChowki	Passport/Normal	June 2, 2023
ToliChowki	Passport/Tatkal	May 19, 2023
ToliChowki	PCC	April 14, 2023

This means that the demand for passport services in Hyderabad is quite high and applicants need to plan their application process well in advance.

How to apply for passport?

Those who want to apply for a fresh passport or renew their expired passport need to apply on the Passport Seva website and then visit one of the Passport Offices in Hyderabad or another district.

Steps to apply for passport at PSK in Hyderabad

Visit the official website of Passport Seva (click here).
New users need to register whereas, existing users can log in to the portal.
Once logged in, click on the link ‘Apply for Fresh Passport/Re-issue of Passport’.
Applicants can fill out the form online or download it, fill it out offline and then upload it.
After filling out the form, applicants have to pay which varies for various categories of passports.
Once payment is done, applicants can book passport appointment slots at PSKs.
At PSK, applicants have to pass through various stages.
Finally, after police verification, the passport will be posted to the address mentioned in the application form.

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April 13, 2023

Hyderabad: Review meeting held ahead of unveiling of Ambedkar statue

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Hyderabad: Minister for Scheduled Castes Development Koppula Eshwar, finance minister Harish Rao, roads and buildings minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy, agriculture minister Niranjan Reddy and backward class welfare minister Gangula Kamalakar held a meeting at the BRKR Bhavan on Monday and reviewed the arrangements made for the unveiling of Ambedkar statue on April 14.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will unveil the 125-feet Ambedkar Statue which coincides with the birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.
The officials were directed to ensure proper seating arrangements were made for dignitaries as well as people who plan to attend the event from several districts.

Water, buttermilk and sweets will be provided in adequate quantities to those attending the programme. Apart from security and bandobast arrangements, the police force was asked to issue a traffic advisory for commuters as Necklace Road will be closed for vehicular movement on Friday.
Likewise, the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) has been directed to make sure that the surroundings are kept clean.
The R&B department will arrange lighting, tents, chairs and flowers. The electricity department has been asked to provide an uninterrupted power supply and also keep transformers on standby. Similarly, the health department has been directed to keep ambulances ready.
Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari stated that elaborate arrangements are being made in a grand and befitting manner.

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April 10, 2023
Dalit intellectuals hail KCR for installing 125-foot statue of Ambedkar

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Hyderabad: Dalit intellectuals have hailed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government of Telangana for installing a 125-foot statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) former Chairman Prof Sukhadeo Thorat and other intellectuals visited the statue which is coming up near Hussain Sagar in the heart of Hyderabad and is scheduled to be unveiled on April 14, the birth anniversary of Ambedkar.
They were all praise for Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for paying fitting tribute to the architect of the Indian Constitution by installing his tallest statue.

The statue has come close to the newly-built state Secretariat which has also been named after Ambedkar.
A thanksgiving ceremony was held in the city by various Dalit organizations to thank the Chief Minister for naming the Telangana secretariat after Ambedkar and also for installing a 125-foot statue.
Leaders of Prabuddha Bharat International, Samata Sainik Dal, SC, ST Officers Forum and others attended the meeting.
Thorat said he was feeling proud to be a part of this thanksgiving ceremony. He appreciated KCR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, for naming the secretariat and installing a statue as a fitting tribute to Ambedkar.
K. Srinivas, editor of Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi said Chief Minister KCR has done what no other Chief Minister could do.

Press Academy Chairman Allam Narayana said that one language and one state was the dream of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and KCR has made this come true by implementing the ideals mentioned in the Constitution.
Former Chief Secretary K. Madhav Rao said that Ambedkar sacrificed his life to bring all core values of humans on one platform.
Delhi Vasanth, Founder, Gramodaya Chamber of Commerce & Technology, said that Baba Saheb Ambedkar is truly the real father of the nation with his innovative ideas for uplifting the downtrodden.
He proposed auction of the thesis “Problem of Rupee” written by Dr Ambedkar as done earlier for Theory of Relativity of Albert Einstein.
Benjamin, Chairman of Saint Paul’s institutions came forward with initial bidding of Rs 1 crore. Vasanth said this process will go for 6 months, inviting different national heads and business heads to globalise the doctrine of “Problem of Rupee”.
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April 4, 2023
SC/ST organisations ask KCR to rename Hyderabad after Ambedkar

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Hyderabad: The All India Confederation of SC /ST organisations here has requested Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar (KCR) to rename Hyderabad district after Dr B.R Ambedkar.
According a letter dated March 30, the All India Confederation of SC /ST from Telangana asked KCR to change the name of the capital district in Telangana to Ambedkar Hyderabad.
The organisation also gave historic reasons for considering their request of changing the name of the capital. For example, it said Dr BR Ambedkar, who India’s constitution, got India’s first doctor literature degree from the Osmania University of Hyderabad. Ambedkar had also also suggested Hyderabad to become the second capital of India and so on.

It is humbly requested to CM of state to name Hyderabad district to Ambedkar Hyderabad district on the occasion of 132 birth anniversary celebration and inauguration of world tallest statue of Ambedkar to be held on 14 April 2023,” the release said.
The 45-foot wide and 125-foot long Dr B R Ambedkar statue will be inaugurated on April 14 in honour of Ambedkar Jayanti by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)
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April 3, 2023
Hyderabad: KCR to unveil Ambedkar statue on April 14

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Hyderabad: The 45-foot wide and 125-foot long Dr. B R Ambedkar statue will be inaugurated on April 14 in honour of Ambedkar Jayanti by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
The statue is being constructed along the Tank Bund PV Marg Necklace Road route. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari inspected the ongoing construction works on Saturday.
Santhi Kumari reviewed the status of the projects with engineer-in-chief Ganapathi Reddy and highways and buildings secretary Srinivasa Raju. She asked them to complete the projects by April 10. The chief secretary looked over the 100-seat amphitheater that is being constructed at the base of the statue.
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March 25, 2023
Hyderabad: BR Ambedkar Open Univ organises webinar on Urdu

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Hyderabad: Dr BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Department of Arts on Friday organised a language and literature forum webinar on “Mother Tongue and Importance of Urdu” at the university campus.
Prof Aziz Bano, Dean of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) was the chief guest at the webinar. She said that the mother tongue plays an important role in the development of human society. “Rich traditional language of Urdu is an integral part of the complex literary history of the Indian subcontinent,” she added.
Prof K Seetharama Rao, the BRAOU vice-chancellor, said that there are different cultures in the country and even though the languages are different, writers of all languages need to work to create awareness among the people.
“The Urdu Literature Forum will introduce students that contributed to literary works,” and expressed hope that the university would become more useful to Urdu students and research scholars.
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March 17, 2023
Won’t tolerate insult to Dr Ambedkar: Karnataka min Madhuswamy

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Bengaluru: In the wake of an objectionable play in a private deemed-to-be-university in the city recently, the Karnataka government on Wednesday said it will not tolerate any insult to the architect of the Indian Constitution Dr B R Ambedkar.
During zero hour in the Karnataka Assembly, JD(S) legislator Dr K Annadani raised the issue of the play allegedly demeaning Dr Ambedkar.
“The government has taken action by arresting some people. Such an insult to Ambedkar is unacceptable. Remove the ‘deemed university’ status and withdraw all the facilities given to the educational institution,” Annadani said and trooped to the well of the House.
Replying to him, the state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said, “the government is not in a position to tolerate it. If the management’s role is found then certainly action will be taken,” Madhuswamy said.
On repeated insistence seeking removal of deemed-to-be-university status, Madhuswamy said the government will not yield to whatever was asked for in the House.
Annadani alleged the professor and the dean of the university must be held accountable as they knew about the play when the rehearsal was happening.
The skit that was performed by the students of the Jain (Deemed-to-be) university at a college festival recently, purportedly contained offensive references mocking Dr Ambedkar and Dalits, the portion of which was widely shared on social media. Nine persons including seven students have been arrested in this connection.

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February 15, 2023
Ban caste discrimination: Ambedkar Intl Center to Seattle City Council

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The Ambedkar International Center, Inc. (AIC), a US-based civil rights group that fights against caste oppression, and other groups have asked the Seattle City Council to ban caste-based discrimination. The proposed ordinance, officially introduced by Councilmember Kshama Sawant, would put Seattle at the national forefront of protecting the caste-discriminated.
The proposed ordinance for the Seattle City Council would add caste to its civil rights laws, prohibit caste-based discrimination, and include protections against discrimination in employment, public places, housing, and contracting, said a press release from the AIC.
BREAKING: Councilmember Kshama Sawant and community leaders are announcing first-in-the-nation legislation aimed at combatting caste discrimination in Seattle. pic.twitter.com/LTanmrZwaa
— Seattle City Council (@SeattleCouncil) January 24, 2023
The AIC has worked closely with council member Kshama Sawant, the Coalition of Seattle Indian-Americans (CSAI), Equality Labs, and the Ambedkar Association of North America (AANA) to help draft this proposed ordinance. This proposal builds on AIC’s policy in Seattle and advocacy efforts to end caste-based discrimination and fight for justice for victims of caste discrimination.
“Taking up such a model legislation is the need of the hour; a raft of evidence shows that the evils of caste and caste discrimination is present in the United States”, said Anil Wagde, a member of the AIC. According to the Seattle-based AIC, the 2020 census data shows that the South Asian population is the fastest-growing major ethnic group in Seattle, home to a large tech industry, where caste discrimination has thrived.
“The proposal comes in light of a growing movement to recognize and stop caste discrimination in the States. If passed, Seattle will become the first city in the States to ban caste discrimination and add protections against it,” stated the release.
More recently, Brown University became the first Ivy League institution to add caste to its non-discrimination policy and explicitly prohibit caste discrimination, joining a number of US colleges and universities. The AIC’s in Seattle proposal is also being supported by Ambedkarite Buddhist Association of Texas, Boston Study Group and Ambedkar Kings Study Circle.
“Such legislation will not only bring the evils of caste to light and how caste bias operates but will also be much-needed legal teeth for the victims of caste discrimination. We thank Council member Kshama Sawant for her support and CSAI for this initiation. We would also like to thank our policy advisor Sumit Anand for his guidance and expertise. We hope that other city councils will follow suit and these small steps culminate in a national ban on caste discrimination”, Anil added.

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January 25, 2023