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    The Statue of Unity is located in Gujarat, India on the Narmada River. It is the world's tallest statue at 182 meters high. The statue was built to honor Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and took over 42 months to construct starting in 2013. The total cost was approximately $420 million USD. Objectives of the project include inspiring unity and development in India and honoring Patel's role in the independence movement.

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    The Statue of Unity is located in Gujarat, India on the Narmada River. It is the world's tallest statue at 182 meters high. The statue was built to honor Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and took over 42 months to construct starting in 2013. The total cost was approximately $420 million USD. Objectives of the project include inspiring unity and development in India and honoring Patel's role in the independence movement.

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    The Statue of Unity is located in Gujarat, India on the Narmada River. It is the world's tallest statue at 182 meters high. The statue was built to honor Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and took over 42 months to construct starting in 2013. The total cost was approximately $420 million USD. Objectives of the project include inspiring unity and development in India and honoring Patel's role in the independence movement.

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    The Statue of Unity is a monument dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel located in Gujarat, India. It is the tallest statue in the world at 182 meters tall.

    The Statue of Unity is located in the Indian state of Gujarat, facing the Narmada Dam 3.2 km away on the river island called Sadhu Bet near Rajpipla in Gujarat.

    The Statue of Unity is 182 metres (597 ft) tall, making it the world's tallest statue.

    STATUE OF UNITY

    THE LOCATION
    • Located in the Indian state of Gujarat.

    • It is located facing the Narmada Dam, 3.2 km (2.0 mi)


    away on the river island called Sadhu Bet near Rajpipla
    in Gujarat.
    THE HIGHT
    It is the world's tallest statue with the height of 182
    metres (597 ft).
    NOTES
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta
    Trust (SVPRET), a special purpose vehicle
    was established by the Government of Gujarat
    for its construction
    WHEN WAS IT STARTED?

    • Built by Larsen & Toubro, work on the statue


    started in December 2013 and was to be
    completed in 42 months.

    • This was extended by another four months


    because the critical design phase took longer than
    expected.
    SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL STATUE COST
    Initially the total cost of the project was estimated
    to be about ₹3,001 crore (US$420 million) by
    the Government of India.

    Later Larsen & Toubro won the contract in


    October 2014 for its lowest bid of Rs 2,989 crore
    (US$420 million) for the design, construction and
    maintenance.
    ₹1347 crore are for the main statue,
    ₹235 crore for exhibition hall and
    convention centre, ₹83 crore for the
    bridge connecting the memorial to the
    main land and ₹657 crore for the
    maintenance of the structure for 15
    years after its completion.
    SHRESTHA BHARAT BHAVAN
    OBJECTIVES OF STATUE OF UNITY PROJECT
    The iron needed for the statue and other structures was to be collected
    from farmers of villages all around India in a form of donation of their
    used farming instruments. SVPRET set up 36 offices across India to collect
    these iron instruments wherein over 500,000 Indian farmers were
    expected to donate.

    The drive was named the 'Statue of Unity movement’. There was to be
    three-months-long nationwide campaign to collect iron pieces from six
    lakh villages to build the statue. During this period, over 5000 metric
    tonnes of iron were collected. Although it was initially announced that the
    iron collected will be used for the main statue, it later emerged that the
    collected iron will not be used in construction of the main statue and will
    instead be used for some other part of the project.
    OBJECTIVES OF STATUE OF UNITY PROJECT

    As a memorial to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the


    statue will not only remind every individual of our
    great nation's freedom struggle but will also inspire
    the people of our country to inculcate Sardar
    Vallabhbhai Patel's visionary ideologies of unity,
    patriotism, inclusive growth and good governance.
    OBJECTIVES OF STATUE OF UNITY PROJECT
    This monument will not just be a mute memorial
    like the rest, but a fully functional, purpose-serving
    tribute that will spur all round socio-economic
    development, in the form of better connectivity,
    healthcare & education infrastructure, research
    centre for agriculture development and various
    tribal development initiatives.
    THE UNDERLYING THEMES AND PILLARS
    ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONUMENT ARE:
    •Livelihood Generation
    •Social Infrastructure
    •Tribal Development
    •Employment Generation
    •Research & Education
    •Environment Protection
    INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SARDAR VALLABHAI
    PATEL 'STATUE OF UNITY
    • 182 metres is the height of the statue
    • 550panels of bronze plates which were made in China,
    used in making
    • Bronze cladding on the Statue.
    • 3,400 labourers 250 engineers involved
    • Deadline of inauguration -Oct 31, Sardar Patel's 143rd
    birth anniversary
    • 237.35 metres above sea level
    OTHER FACTS
    • The WorldsTallestStatue, will be able to withstand wind
    velocity up to 60 m/sec, vibration and earthquake — at
    Sardar Sarovar Dam.

    • the StatueofUnity will have a viewing gallery at 153 m,


    which can accommodate up to 200 visitors at a go, and
    will offer an expansive view of the dam and environs

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