Statue Of Unity

"World's Tallest Statue"

Statue Of Unity is World's Tallest Statue and it is 182 meters long. It is made in the memorial of Indian Leader 'Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel'. This statue is made on Narmada River which is located in Gujarat,India.

The statue's construction took 75,000 cubic meters of concrete, 5,700 tonnes of steel structure, 18,500 tonnes of reinforced steel rods, and 22,500 tonnes of bronze sheets.

A consortium comprising Turner Construction, Michael Graves and Associates and Meinhardt Group supervised the project. It took 56 months to complete – 15 months for planning, 40 months for construction and two months for handing over by the consortium.The total cost of the project was estimated to be about 20.63 billion  by the government.The tender bids for the first phase were invited in October 2013 and were closed in November 2013.

Indian infrastructure company Larsen & Toubro won the contract on 27 October 2014 for its lowest bid of 29.89 billion for the design, construction and maintenance.They commenced the construction on 31 October 2014. In the first phase of the project, 13.47 billion were for the main statue, 2.35 billion for the exhibition hall and convention centre, 830 million for the bridge connecting the memorial to the mainland and 6.57 billion for the maintenance of the structure for 15 years after its completion.Accenture provides digital media outreach program. The monument is designed by Ram V. Sutar.

The statue was completed in 33 months. The foundation was laid down in 2013; construction was completed in mid-October 2018; and the inaugural ceremony was held on 31 October 2018, presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The statue has been described as a tribute to Indian engineering.