The Swaraj maidan has been cleared up for the Ambedkar Smruti Vanam project , which show that the official have picked up pace in completing the project.

The foundation for the project was laid by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on July 8, 2020. The project comprises installation of a 125ft-tall statue of Dr BR Ambedkar, a park and a memorial library.

The government has set a two-year deadline for the project and announced that the statue will be unveiled by April 2022.

The PWD grounds are spread across 20 acres land of which five acres houses irrigation quarters, municipal offices, a polytechnic college and a rythu bazaar.

The district administration has directed concerned departments to search for alternate sites for their offices. J Nivas, who took over as district collector recently, has set a one-week deadline for vacating the offices on PWD grounds.

He has also directed officials to demolish the constructions.

Agriculture marketing authorities have been directed to move the Swaraj Maidan rythu bazaar to a park site on the banks of Bandar canal adjacent to Krishna Lanka police station.

Meanwhile, Dalit groups have welcomed the speeding up of the project works. “We are happy that the AP government decided to establish a memorial park for Dr BR Ambedkar in the centre of the city.

We welcome it and urge the district administration to complete the works on time,” said M Gritan Babu, a Vijayawada-based social activist.

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