The 'Statue of Unity' will be twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty, which was gifted by France to the United States. While China leads with 34 statues taller than 30 mts, India has 25 such statues. Of these 42% have been built in either China or India.
There are 139 statues of 30 meter of greater height in the world. The statue has been designed to give an impression of Patel walking on water towards the Sardar Sarovar dam. Sutar also reportedly consulted historians and people who had seen the “Iron Man”. He is said to have taken special care to ensure that the statue’s face resembles Patel’s facial features by going through 2,000 photographs of the leader. Sutar, who has designed over 50 monuments in his 40 year old career. It has been designed by Noida-based Padma Bhushan awardee sculptor Ram V. The 'Statue of Unity' has been built to withstand wind speeds of up to 180 km and an earthquake of up to 6.5 richter. The first foundation stone of the statue was laid in 2013. The statue was first announced in 2010 by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, and the present Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The statue is covered with 2,000 tonnes of bronze sheets and has been completed in record time of 33 months through the efforts of over 3,000 labourers who worked on it round the clock.
Supporting it are 18,500 tonnes of reinforced steel rods. Around 1,40,000 cubic mts of concrete has been used up in making this statue. The statue has been built at a cost of Rs 1989 crore. Here are 10 interesting facts about the world's statue. The 182 metre tall statue, called the 'Statue of Unity', is being unveiled on October 31 to commemorate Patel's 143rd birth anniversary. The viewing gallery at the height of 135 metres can accommodate up to 200 people at a time.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the tallest statue in the world, of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in a few hours from now.Zone 4 comprises the maintenance area and Zone 5 the head and shoulders. Zone 2 extends up to the statue’s thighs at 149 metres, while Zone 3 goes up to the viewing gallery at 153 metres. This zone will contain a Memorial Garden and a large museum. The statue is divided into five zones - Up to its shin is the first zone, comprising three levels, including an exhibit floor, mezzanine and roof.We used technology to convert the 2-dimensional photograph into a 3-dimensional model,” L&T said. We collected around 2,000 photographs from archives and zeroed in on one photograph, after consulting multiple stakeholders like historians and people who had seen Sardar. “We evolved the design of the statue by using various techniques. Other challenges included doing justice to a legend’s statue, as opposed to that of an imaginary figure.Engineered to withstand wind speeds of up to 50 m per second (almost 180 km per hour wind speed).The walking pose also opened up a gap of 6.4 metres between the two feet which then had to be tested to withstand wind velocity, says L&T. Specialities: The statue is slender most at the base, which goes against the norms of what other tall statues have followed.Materials consumed: 70,000 tonnes of cement, 18,500 tonnes of reinforcement steel, 6,000 tonnes of structural steel and 1,700 metric tonnes of bronze, which was used for the outer cladding of the structure, according to a government statement.He has sculpted masterpieces including that of Mother Chambal at Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh, equestrian statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Amritsar, and numerous statues of Mahatma Gandhi. Suthar, a 93-year-old acclaimed sculptor who graduated from the prestigious J.J School of Art in Bombay. Location: Around 3.5 km downstream from the Sardar Sarovar Dam, on islet Sadhu Bet on the bed of the river Narmada.This makes the statue almost twice the height of the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York.
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