Shrouded in series of controversies ever since it came into existence, right from its participation in Germany’s Hannover Messe industrial fair in 2015, the Make in India lion made a quiet exit from Udyog Bhawan ‘under the veil’ on Saturday.
Make in India’s machine lion with rotating gears and wheels, was dismantled from the raised platform at the entry gates of the Bhawan and moved to BHEL’s Noida facility. The giant lion did not have the required permission from the concerned agencies including the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the authorities said.
“Any structure that comes up in the Lutyens zone requires permission from various agencies. The concerned department did not have the permission for the same,” said Ramesh Abhishek, secretary, department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), the nodal agency for centre government’s Make in India campaign.
DIPP is responsible for the upkeep of Udyog Bhawan that houses ministry of commerce and industry, textile, heavy industries and medium, small enterprises.