'Statue of Unity' Of Sardar Patel
'Statue of Unity' Of Sardar Patel The Statue of Unity, dadicated to India's iron man Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel.The Statue of Unity is a symbol of national pride and integration. It is also a tribute to India's engineering skills and project management abilities. On 15 December 2013, that time Gujarat CM Narendra Modi had started the campaign to 169000 villages. That carrying about three lakh empty kit boxes. At 2016, about 135 metric tonnes of iron was collected for the statue. It consumes Rs 2,989 crore to build the Statue of Unity project. Barring bronze cladding which is a fragment of the mammoth work, is carried out indigenously. About Construction-: The Statue of Unity construction work started on 19 December 2015. Matrial Used Quantities Cement concrete 180,000 cu m Reinforced Steel 18,500 tonnes Structured Steel