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more-inWork on construction of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in the Arabian Sea will begin on October 24. The temple was earlier 208 metres tall, but an addition of two metres by the Chinese authorities prompted the government to change its plan. Earlier this year, changes were made to the high power committee headed by the Chief Minister to make the statue two metres higher than the current tallest statue in the world: the Spring Temple Buddha (210 metres) in China. According to the security proposal submitted to PWD, the 126-metre tall equestrian statue and the 86-metre two-tier pedestal would be surrounded by hundreds of closed circuit television cameras, while speedboats will be deployed for patrolling. A 14-metre fortified wall would be erected around the islet, apart from a central control room to monitor the movement of tourists visiting the monument, officials said..