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Statue of unity Project

Stakeholders FacTs

The Statue of Unity (SoU) is that of Sardar It took about The statue is located on a river
Vallabhbhai Patel, a veteran of the Indian 250 engineers island facing the Sardar
and 3,400
Independence Movement known as the Iron-man labourers to Sarovar Dam on the
river Narmada in Kevadiya
of India, who hailed from the state of Gujarat. construct the statue colony, 100 kms southeast of
A special purpose vehicle named the Sardar in 33 months. Vadodara city, Gujarat, India.
Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust (SVPRET)
was constituted by the Government of Gujarat
for executing the project. The statue has been The statue can withstand The viewing
designed by Padma Bhushan-winning sculptor wind velocity of 50m/s and gallery is at a
group IV earthquake
height of 193
Ram V Sutar, Larsen & Toubro were the EPC resistant while other metres (from the
contractors, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd, statues are Group III. base of the stature).
a wholly-owned Govt. of Gujarat undertaking was
the ‘employer’. PMC services were provided by a
consortium of Turner Project Management India At 182 metres tall (w/o base), the Statue of Unity
Private Limited as Lead Member, Meinhardt India is taller than the Spring Temple Buddha, nearly twice
Private Limited and Michael Graves & Associates the height of the Statue of Liberty and about 4.5 times
Inc. Proof consultancy was provided through a JV higher than Christ the Redeemer.
between Tata Consulting Engineers & Egis Group.

The statue has been designed by Padma Bhushan-winning
sculptor Ram V Sutar, Larsen & Toubro were the EPC contractors,
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd, a wholly owned Govt. of

Gujarat undertaking was the ‘employer’.

Seen in the picture with PM Modi, is TCE’s MD (second from far right) Mr Amit Sharma along with other stakeholders.