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Emblem made up of bronze with a total weight of 9,500 kg and height of 6.5 metre, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for new Parliament building on Monday. (PTI Photo)Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building.
Officials said the emblem is made up of bronze with a total weight of 9,500 kg and is 6.5 metre 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.
Modi also interacted with workers involved in building the new Parliament.
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The concept sketch and process of casting of 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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