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India's 'unsafe' 70ft Messi statue to be moved

India's 'unsafe' 70ft Messi statue to be moved
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A 70 feet statue of Lionel Messi in India is set to be taken down after it was spotted "swaying in the wind".

The giant monument in Kolkata, West Bengal, was erected in December during Messi's 'Greatest of All Time' to India.

According to local media, engineers from the Public Works Department carried out an inspection of the statue following complaints from local residents.

Its immediate removal and relocation were ordered after the inspection found the statue's structural integrity to be severely compromised.

West Bengal state legislator Sharadwat Mukherjee says the statue of the Argentine football legend was found to be unsaf.

He says they have noticed that the statue is swaying in the wind.

Source: BBC Sports

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