The Maharashtra Government has unveiled plans to establish a memorial honouring Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble in his hometown, Mauje Kedambe, situated in the Satara District. Omble, a Mumbai Police sub-inspector, was posthumously honored with the Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, for his heroic actions during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
The memorial will be built in Kedambe, his native village, with a budget of ₹13.46 crore allocated for the project. On Friday, the district administration received the first installment of ₹2.70 crore, amounting to 20% of the total funding.
“The Maharashtra government has decided to build a memorial in honour of Ashok Chakra Awardee Tukaram Omble, a sub-inspector in Mumbai police who was killed by bullets during the 26/11 terror attack,” media agency ANI reported.
Maharashtra government has decided to build a memorial in honour of Ashok Chakra Awardee Tukaram Omble, a sub-inspector in Mumbai police who fell to the bullets during the 26/11 terror attack.
— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2025
The memorial will be built in Tukaram Omble's native village, Kedambe, in Satara… pic.twitter.com/0NvwpSufcp
In the financial year 2024-25, under the ‘Establishment of Memorials of Great Personalities in Rural Areas’ scheme, funds from account head 2515 2486 have been allocated for constructing a memorial honoring Ashok Chakra awardee and martyr Tukaram Omble in his native village, Mouje Kedambe, Taluka.
For the memorial in Javali, District Satara, 20% of the sanctioned administrative amount—₹2.70 crore (Two Crore Seventy Lakh)—will be disbursed in the first phase.
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