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STATUE OF UNITY
Statue of unity is a monument dedicated to India's first Deputy Prime minister as well as first home minister SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL.Which is located in the Indian state of Gujarat.Former chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi(currently the prime minister of India) on 31 OCT 2013 had laid the foundation stone on the occasion of birth anniversary of sardar patel. The statue of unity is at the distance of 3.2 km from Sardar Sarovar Dam.
The statue of unity is world tallest statue having height of 182m (597ft.)At present the world tallest statue is Spring Temple Buddha of 152m. height which is in China .The second highest statue is also of Buddha of height 120m.
By India government the cost for this project was estimated to be Rs.3001 cr(US$420 million). but L&T(Larsen &Turbro ltd) company on 2014 OCT won the contract for its lowest bid of Rs 2989 cr.(US$420 million) The construction of statue was started on 31 OCT 2013 and the construction of statue has been ended by mid of OCT 2018.
The statue of unity will be inaugurated on 31 October 2018 by the prime minister of India Narendra Modi and the statue will be open for public visit from November 3.
The statue of unity total height including
base is 240m in which base is of 58m
and statue is of 182m.
The statue of unity is constructed with steel framing, reinforced cement concrete , and bronze cladding(covering or coating).The statue of unity needed 75,000 cubic metres of concrete, 22,500 tonnes of bronze and 18,500 tonnes of steel rods for its construction.
Project manager of Burj Khalifa, Miichael Graves and Associates and Meinhardt Group is supervising the project .It took 56 months to complete the project ; 15 months for planning,40 months for construction and 2 months for handing over.
The statue of unity is provided with two lift/elivator which help to reduce transit time for visitor.
The statue is totally covered with bronze.
The visitor can reach to the statue of unity in 5 minute by boat.
The statue of unity will be inaugurated on 31 October 2018 by the prime minister of India Narendra Modi and the statue will be open for public visit from November 3.
The statue of unity total height including
base is 240m in which base is of 58m
The statue of unity is constructed with steel framing, reinforced cement concrete , and bronze cladding(covering or coating).The statue of unity needed 75,000 cubic metres of concrete, 22,500 tonnes of bronze and 18,500 tonnes of steel rods for its construction.
Project manager of Burj Khalifa, Miichael Graves and Associates and Meinhardt Group is supervising the project .It took 56 months to complete the project ; 15 months for planning,40 months for construction and 2 months for handing over.
The statue of unity is provided with two lift/elivator which help to reduce transit time for visitor.
The statue is totally covered with bronze.
The visitor can reach to the statue of unity in 5 minute by boat.
You can also watch video about Statue of Unity in hindi .The link for video is
https://youtu.be/-kpl4ovALXU
https://youtu.be/-kpl4ovALXU
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