Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the national emblem on the roof of the new Parliament building on Monday.
According to officials, the emblem is made of bronze, weighs 9,500 kg, and stands 6.5 metres tall.
It was cast at the top of the new Parliament building’s central foyer, and a steel supporting structure weighing around 6,500 kg was built to support the emblem, they said.
Modi also met with construction workers for the new Parliament.
According to them, the concept sketch and process of casting the national emblem on the roof of the new Parliament building went through eight different stages of preparation, beginning with clay modelling and computer graphics and ending with bronze casting and polishing.
Delhi | PM Narendra Modi unveiled the 6.5m long bronze National Emblem cast on the roof of the New Parliament Building today morning. He also interacted with the workers involved in the work of the new Parliament. pic.twitter.com/sQS9s8aC8o
— ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2022
Also present on the occasion were Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Minister of Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri.
The Speaker said the new Parliament building would “most likely be completed in time by October-November 2022”.
“We are trying to hold the winter session this year in the new Parliament building. Preparations are under way on war footing. There is only a seven-day lag in construction timelines, which can be covered. We had given the October-November estimation for completion of the project and I am very hopeful the winter session of 2022 will be held in the new green building,” said Birla.
