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