Statue of UNITY - World Tallest Statue (182 meter)

STATUE of IRON MAN SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATEL 

The Statue of Unity is a planned 182 metres (597 ft) monument of Vallabhbhai Patel (With Base 240 meters (790 meters)) that will be created directly facing the Narmada Dam, 3.2 km away on the river island called Sadhu Bet near Vadodara in Gujarat.

Dream of Narendra Modi : The story goes that Narendra Modi's heart was set on building a monument to India's iron man Sardar Patel after his very first day out in America in the early 1990s. He was visiting the US as a BJP apparatchik, and he set forth from his friend Suresh Jani's home in New Jersey to visit the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Why can't we building something like this in India, Jani recalls Modi asking, as he soaked up the then century-old landmark, a gift to the United States from the people of France.

A Few Details About Statue :

This statue is planned to be spread over 20000 square meters of project area. It will also be surrounded with a man-made lake spread across 12 km of area. Initially the total cost of the project was estimated to be about INR 2063 crore (US$320 million) by the government. Later Larsen and Toubro bagged the contract in October 2014 for its lowest bid of INR 2989 crore (US$470 million) for the design, construction and maintenance. It will be constructed with steel framing, reinforced cement concrete and bronze coating.

The construction was started on 31st October 2014. It was the day on which Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) dreams becomes true and peoples of India feel proud.

About Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel :

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel(31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950) was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He was a social leader who played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. In India and elsewhere, he was often addressed as Sardar, which means Chief in Hindi, Urdu and Persian. A 'Run for Unity' and pledge taking will mark India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary on Oct 31, being observed as 'Rashtriya Ekta Divas'.

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