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The statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Unit is built at a cost of Rs. 2,389 crore.
New Delhi / Ahmedabad:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the country the Statue of Unity, built to honor the icon of the movement for freedom, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on the occasion of his 143rd birthday today. . Built at a cost of Rs. 2,389 crore, the statue depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Prime Minister of the Interior of India, dressed in a traditional dhoti and shawl overlooking the Narmada River. Iron was collected all over the country for the statue of Sardar Patel, also known as the Iron Man of India. At 182 meters, the statue is considered the highest in the world. It is 177 feet longer than the Buddha of the Spring Temple in China, currently the tallest statue in the world.
The statue was designed by the sculptor Ram V Sutar, winner of the Padma Bhushan Prize. It was built by Larsen and Toubro, as well as by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. Government.
The statue will have an observation gallery at the height of 193 meters from the sea level that can accommodate 200 visitors at a time. This gallery, located at an altitude of 153 meters, will offer a view of the Sardar Sarovar dam, its reservoir and the Satpura and Vindhya mountain ranges.
Here are the live updates on the unveiling of the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's unit:
Prime Minister Modi reached Kevadiya to inaugurate the Statue of Unity.
According to representatives of the Government of Gujarat, the unveiling of the statue of the unit was planned on the scale of Republic Day celebrations. According to reports, Prime Minister Modi and other leaders will pour land and water from the Narmada into an urn. Songs of Ganesh, Narmada and Swasti vanchan will be chanted during the event.
9:00 am: Arrival at Kevadia
9:10: Visit of the valley of the flowers
9:50 am: City tour of the tent (accommodation)
10:15 am: Arrival at the venue of the cultural events program
10:20 am: Visit of the & # 39; Unit Wall & # 39; (highest zone of the statue)
11.35: Official inauguration of the statue
11.45: Visit of the museum and the exhibition
The statue will include a museum on the life of Sardar Patel at the base, and two high-speed elevators will take visitors to the Spectator Gallery, from where they will be able to see beyond the Narmada Dam.
Once completed, around 15,000 tourists are likely to visit the statue each day, officials said.
The museum will have 40,000 documents, 2,000 photographs and a research center dedicated to the life of Sardar Patel.
- Kheda Satyagraha and Bardoli Satyagrah, who both lost
- Elected Municipal President of Ahmedabad in 1924 and 1928
- Elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1931
- First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of India and Minister of the IB
- The architect of India united after independence
- Posthumously awarded to Bharat Ratna in 1991
The Gujarat Congress described this event as a "BJP program". The main opposition party said that none of its leaders would participate in the ceremony of inauguration of the statue.
The Congress of Gujarat said that it had organized its own event to mark the anniversary of the birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
"We have organized our own program to mark the anniversary of the birth of Sardar Patel.We will have a program of lectures, which will be presented by the former Vice Chancellor of Bhavnagar University, Vidyut Joshi .
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We bow down to the great Sardar Patel, the pillar that unified India and served the nation relentlessly, with its Jayanti.
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2018
An observation gallery has been created inside the statue to allow tourists to see the dam and nearby mountain ranges.
A 17 km long flower valley, a tourist tents town located near the statue and a museum dedicated to the life and times of Patel are among the main attractions near the Statue of the Island. 39; Unit.
Local villagers threatened to protest for the inauguration of the statue. On Monday, the chiefs of 22 villages near the Sardar Sarovar dam wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Modi, saying the villagers would not welcome him to the inauguration.
"These forests, rivers, waterfalls, land and agriculture have sustained us for generations – we have survived, but everything is being destroyed and celebrations are also planned. not that it seems to celebrate the death of someone? "The letter, having a common content and signed by sarpanchas from 22 villages, indicated.
They alleged that the hard-earned money of the population was wasted in projects such as Statue of Unity, although several villages in the region are still deprived of basic facilities such as schools, hospitals and hospitals. drinking water.
Built in less than five years, the Statue of Unity is the tallest, largest and most gigantic statue in the world. It is a tribute to Sardar Patel who gathered all 562 princely states to build a great Republic of India.
A replica of the 30-foot Statue of Unity was inaugurated at Baben Village in Bardoli, Gujarat in 2015.
The statue is projected by the BJP as a symbol of unity and as a message that Congress has underestimated Sardar Patel's contribution to the country in favor of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
The Prime Minister will unveil the statue of unity on the occasion of the birth of Sardar Patel at Sadhu Bet, near the Narmada Dam.
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