Overview

• The Kanpur Municipal Corporation said it will not build a Shivalaya Park within Gautam Buddha Park and is identifying an alternative location.
• Mayawati welcomed media reports of the proposal being scrapped from the Buddha Park site and thanked the Uttar Pradesh government.
• Mayor Pramila Pandey said the plan was never approved by the municipal board and requested that it be withdrawn, while the commissioner called his park visit a routine inspection.
• Municipal commissioner Sudhir Kumar said the park was envisioned on vacant land behind the Buddha Park and will now be relocated elsewhere.
• The ₹15-crore project, modeled on a similar park in Prayagraj with replicas of 12 Jyotirlingas, drew protests from Dalit groups and criticism from MP Chandra Shekhar Azad.