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NEW PARLIAMENT WILL FULFIL HOPES, ASPIRATIONS OF PEOPLE, SAYS SHAH

Following the unveiling of the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that it “will become the identity of self-reliant and new India and will witness the fulfilment of the hopes and aspirations of the people”. “Today Prime […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Following the unveiling of the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that it “will become the identity of self-reliant and new India and will witness the fulfilment of the hopes and aspirations of the people”.

“Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the National Emblem on the summit of the new Parliament House. The new Parliament building will become the identity of a self-reliant and new India and will witness the fulfilment of the hopes and aspirations of the people. On top of which this national emblem will always be resplendent like a crown jewel,” Shah tweeted in Hindi on Monday. 

Officials said that the emblem is made up of bronze with a total weight of 9,500 kg and is 6.5 metres in height. It has been cast at the top of the central foyer of the new Parliament building, and a supporting structure of steel weighing around 6,500 kg has been constructed to support the emblem, they said.

The concept sketch and process of casting the national emblem on the roof of the new Parliament building has gone through eight different stages of preparation from clay modelling and computer graphics to bronze casting and polishing, they said.

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