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Option 4 : Statue of Unity

  • Noted sculptor Ram V. Sutar, a Padma Bhushan Awardee is the sculptor for the Statue of Unity.
  • About the statue:
    • The Statue of Unity has located on a river-facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada in the Kevadiya colony, Narmada District in the Indian State of Gujarat.
    • It is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 meters (597 feet) which is almost double the height (including the pedestal) of the Statue of Liberty, USA.
    • India’s largest engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was assigned the responsibility for designing, engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the project.
    • The statue was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October 2018, the 143rd birth anniversary of Patel.
    • Loha Campaign:-
      • A countrywide ‘Loha Campaign’ were conducted during the year 2013-14, in which used farm tools were collected from farmers across the country as their voluntary contribution to the iconic project.
      • The campaign received 134.25 metric tonnes of iron which was converted into reinforcement bars used in the construction of the project.
  • The previous tallest statue in India was the 41 m (135 ft) statue of Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami at the Paritala Anjaneya Temple near Vijayawada in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
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