Vadodara: The BJP government in Gujarat is aiming to inaugurate the 182-metre tall ‘Statue of Unity’, dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on October 31, the birth anniversary of India’s first home minister.
The towering monument, being erected at Sadhu Bet, 3.32 km from the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river at Kevadia, about 100-km from here, will be ready for inauguration on October 31, Gujarat chief secretary J.N. Singh said.
“I visited the site to take stock of the project. The ‘Statue of Unity’ will be ready for inauguration on October 31,” he said.
The foundation stone of the monument, a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was laid on October 31, 2013, coinciding with the 138th birth anniversary of Patel, popularly known as the ‘Iron Man of India’.
Modi, who was then Gujarat CM, laid the foundation stone of the '3,000-crore project.
The memorial is dedicated to Patel, credited with integrating 562 princely states with the Union of India. Post completion, the statue will be the world’s ‘tallest statue’.
