Summary:
Chandigarh, October 8India’s tallest Ravana effigy with a height of 221 feet, constructed here at an outlay of Rs 50 lakh, went up in flames on Tuesday to mark the Dussehra festival. Effigy maker Tejinder Chauhan said eco-friendly crackers were used in the effigy. The effigy, which weighs 7,000 kg, has been crafted by a team of 40 workers for over six months. Fifty quintals of metal and 500 bamboo sticks were used to make the effigy which held a 55-feet long sword weighing 2.5 quintals. Elsewhere, effigies were burnt at Sectors 46, 17, 28, 34, 32, 40, 41, 27, 43 24 and 7 across the city..