The Cabinet has approved a proposal to transfer prime Indu Mill land in Mumbai to Maharashtra governmnet for constructing Dr B R Ambedkar memorial.

The decision was taken in the meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

It would empower the Centre to acquire certain area of the Mill belonging to National Textile Corporation Limited in Mumbai for facilitation of the construction of the memorial. After the meeting of the Cabinet, highly placed sources said government will bring a bill in Parliament to facilitate the transfer of land to the State Government.

AIR correspondent reports that the ashes of Dr Ambedkar are interred at Chaitya Bhoomi, which is situated in the vicinity of the Indu Mill.