Kanshi Ram Museum

The 140-foot-high structure built on 11 acres will cost over Rs 100 crore

It is a 140-foot-high structure, being built inside the Kanshi Ram Memorial, covering an area of 11 acres, costing over Rs 100 crore. The museum will have a giant statue of Kanshi Ram along with a library of study materials like research papers and books on Dalits. Pictures and other materials related to Kanshi Ram, Ambedkar and Mayawati will be on display here. The museum is being developed by the LDA and the deadline for completion is March 2009.

Kanshi Ram Bahujan Nayak Park

Bungalow, which housed BSP headquarters, demolished for park

This park is being developed in the memory of the late Kanshi Ram on South Avenue, on a property of the Estate Department. A bungalow here that housed the BSP headquarters has been demolished. The project, sprawling across 4,800 sq m in a prime area of Lucknow, costs Rs 4 crore. Construction began on May 1 this year and although Mayawati inaugurated the park on October 9, the death anniversary of Kanshi Ram, work is likely to go on for another month. Statues of Kanshi Ram and Mayawati have been installed in the middle of the park.

Ramabai Ambedkar Rally Maidan

Developed on 51 acres of land acquired from villagers

After the Ambedkar Maidan was converted into Kanshi Ram Memorial, the city needed a ground for holding political rallies and cultural programmes. The government decided to develop a rally ground on Bijnore Road and name it after Ramabai Ambedkar, wife of Dr Ambedkar. The project is being developed on 51 acres—acquired from the villagers of Khwajapur in 2007—at a cost of Rs 65 crore. A huge, permanent stage and two VVIP cottages are under construction. A statue of Ramabai Ambedkar has been erected at the centre and a police barrack has been set up. A rain basera has also been built for people who will come to attend the rallies and may like to stay back for the night.

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