India set to officially unveil the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue

[steven36]

India is days away from officially unveiling what will be the world's tallest statue, standing at an incredible 182 metres tall.

 

 

Dubbed The Statue of Unity, it is modelled after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was a key figure in the struggle for Indian independence from British colonial rule in the 1940s.

 

Located alongside the Narmada River in Gujarat, on the western coast of India, it is nearly 30 metres taller than the current record holder — the Spring Temple Buddha in China — and almost double the height of the Statue of Liberty.

 

The project, which cost a reported $580 million, was by announced in 2010 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be on hand to lead the official unveiling on October 31.

 

Mr Modi said in 2013 that the statue would be "a symbol of India rising".

 

"I want people from all over the world to see this statue just like they go see America's Statue of Liberty or Paris's [Eiffel] Tower," he said.

 

"This was a dream for many years. Many people added new colour to this dream, they gave suggestions and after a lot of churning, this has happened.

 

"Many people have inspired and blessed us and I thank them today."

 

A museum and a hotel will also open next to the statue to encourage visitors and tourism from all over the world, and the project will reportedly generate near on 15,000 jobs.

 

Known as the "Iron Man" of India, Patel was India's first home minister and first deputy prime minister and was a major figure in the unification of the country.

 

Ironically, while he was alive Patel was said to be against the building of statues and memorials to glorify people.

 

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The poor farmers are dying — either, from  starvation or due to consequent suicide.

 

The government deprived these peasants of their land which was "acquired" to build the tallest statue on the planet (on a "mine-bigger-than-yours" basis.)

 

This statue has cost a whopping ₹ 2,989 crores — an amount which the government could've utilized instead, to fulfill their pending electoral promises to the farmers . . . . promises which they've broken repeatedly.

 

 

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Vikas stands for the development that the government "claims" to have made but which is invisible to the citizens:—

 

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The hidden motive of polarization, behind building the statue:—

 

[vitorio]

On 10/26/2018 at 10:53 AM, steven36 said:

Patel was India's first home minister and first deputy prime minister and was a major figure in the unification of the country.

Ironically, while he was alive Patel was said to be against the building of statues and memorials to glorify people.

This is a what made Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate great and not the statue. At least with my little knowledge of him.