

Moreover, one lift can carry around 26 people to the top in just 30 seconds. Inside the Statue there are four high-speed lifts. The High Speed Lift Inside Statue Of Unity The Statue of Liberty also turned from its original dull brown color to green after 30 years. The chemical name for the process is oxidation. The Statue of Unity would turn from the bronze color to the green color due to a natural aging process of bronze. Seeing the heading you must be amazed that how the aging of a Statue can occur. This statue is so well designed that it can withstand huge earthquakes and wind speeds of 100 km/second. And this iron scrap was donated by 100 million farmers of India. Over 129 tons of scrap iron were used in making the base of the statue. India’s Farmers Contribution in making of the Statue The Statue of Unity (182 meters) is twice the size of the Statue of Liberty (93 meters) in the United States and is 40% taller than China’s Spring Temple Buddha (128 meters). The innermost layer is made up of reinforced cement concrete, steel, and 8mm bronze. The Statue of Unity is a three-layered statue. The Bronze cladding of the statue has been done by China’s Jiangxi Toqine Company. The Statue is located next to the mighty river Narmada and the Sardar Sarovar Dam, with the beautiful Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges on both sides. The location of this monument is really beautiful. Beautiful Location of the Statue Statue of Unity Image

The head is up, a shawl flung from shoulders, and hands are on the side as if he is set to walk” 6. He said that “the expression, posture and pose justify the dignity, confidence, iron will as well as kindness that his personality exudes. Ram Sutra’s son Anil Sutra explained the design of the statue. The Statue of Unity is a larger replica of the Statue of Vallabh Bhai Patel that is installed in Ahmedabad International Airport. The Statue of Unity is the statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.īefore the making of the Statue Of Unity, a team of historians, artists and academics studied a lot of statues of Patel across India.Īfter studying these statues, they chose the statue of Patel that was made by Indian Sculptor, Ram V. Materials Used In Making of The Statue Of Unityħ0,000 tons of cement, 25000 tons of steel, and 12,000 bronze panels covering the structure and weighing around 1700 tons were used to build this great statue. Rupees 3,000 crores or USD $400-450 million was spent on the construction of the Statue Of Unity. Name of the company that built the statue – Larsen and Toubro 3. Most of you must not be knowing that there were huge numbers of engineers and workers who worked to build the Statue of Unity.ģ00 engineers and 3000 workers worked for almost three and half years to complete this statue. Huge Number of engineers and workers worked to build the Statue of Unity Right now, this statue is considered the highest statue in the world. This statue is made in memory of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel who was a great leader in India. The Statue of Unity is one of the most famous statues in the world. We will send corrected invitations soon,” said RS Patel, incharge DIC Anand.The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicates the Statue of Unity to the Nation, on the occasion of the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, at Kevadiya, in Narmada District of Gujarat on October 1. “The letters were prepared by another officer in Anand and usually, it is done by copy-pasting the ready data of elected representatives… I am only holding an additional charge and approved what the incharge junior officer did assuming it to be right. As a result, the other five MLAs from Anand - Congress’s Chirag Patel and BJP MLAs Raman Solanki, Govind Parmar, Yogesh Patel, Kamlesh Patel and Vipul Patel - did not receive the letter. Chavda and Govind Parmar were the only ones to get re-elected in the 2022 election. The letters were sent to BJP’s Mahesh Raval and Govind Parmar, and Punam Parmar, Niranjan Patel, Kanti Sodha Parmar, Rajendrasinh Parmar and Amit Chavda of the Congress - all who were elected MLAs in the 2017 election - to attend a meeting to be held to decide about the applications under DIC’s Manav Kalyan Yojana scheme. In an embarrassment to the District Industries Centre (DIC) of Anand, a meeting invitation meant for the seven sitting MLAs of the district was sent to former MLAs in what was a “copy-paste” error.
