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World's tallest statue: Sardar Patel's Statue of Unity at a glance

NEW DELHI: The tallest statue in the world (of Vallabhbhai Patel) was inaugurated today (on his 143rd birth anniversary) by Prime Minister Modi. Named Statue of Unity , it is located on the river island called Sadhu Bet near Rajpipla, Gujarat. A look at some interesting facts about the Statue of Unity.Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan recipient Ram Vanji Sutar, who also created the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Indian Parliament.L&T, the Indian construction giant. Chinese foundry Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts (or TQ Art foundry) was chosen by L&T to mould the bronze cladding. Malaysia-based Eversendai, which constructed Dubai's famous Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa buildings, was handed the contract for the steel framework.The final bronze replica from Sutar, measuring 30 ft, was handed over to L&T. It was scanned into electronic data, and finally converted into a data grid for the 182m design. The data was then taken to the foundry for casting the final bronze claddings. (Think putting together a thousand pieces of a 3D jigsaw puzzle).Construction material used: 5,700,000 kg of structural steel; 18,500,000 kg of reinforced steel bars; 22,500,000 kg of cement; 1,700,000 kg of bronze; 1,850,000 kg of bronze cladding; 5,000,000 kg of iron crowdsourced from Indian farmers as part of the 'Loha Campaign'.3,40033 months208m (58m height of base + 182m height of statue)Wind speeds of up to 50 m/sec; Earthquakes measuring up to 6.5 on the Richter Scale, at a depth of 10 km and within a radius of 12 km of the statue.Rs 2,989 croreRs 657 crore over 15 years/ Rs 43.8 crore annually/ or Rs 12 lakh per day.Central government; Five PSUs — ONGC, HPCL, BPCL, Indian Oil, OIL — have reportedly pumped in a combined Rs 146.83 crore towards the project under CSR; ticket sales in the future; other revenue sources like the 128-key, 3-star Shrestha Bharat Bhavan hotel built near the statue.Reportedly, Rs 120 for an adult Indian plus Rs 350 to enter the viewing gallery.15,000 tourists daily.CAG questions PSUs' decision to allocate CSR funds, villagers protesting the destruction of natural resources by the memorial, statue cost may have used taxpayers' money.