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Statue of Unity will turn from its original bronze colour to green in 100 years due to a natural aging process.
On Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 143rd birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Statue of Unity – a bronze statue of India’s first home minister who is credited with uniting 562 princely states in pre-independent India to build the Republic of India.
First announced on 7 October 2010 by Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the foundation of the project was laid on 31 October 2013.
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Designed by Padma Bhushan recipient sculptor Ram V Sutar, construction of the statue began on 31 October 2014.
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The state government fully funded the Rs 3,050-crore project which covers an area of 20,000 square metres and is surrounded by a 12 square kilometre artificial lake.
Here are some more facts about the statue:
It towers over China’s Spring Temple Buddha statue by 29 metres and the world famous Statue of Liberty by 89 metres. The height of the base of Statue of Unity is 58 metres.
The town will be connected to the location of the statue by a 3.5 km highway.
The innermost layer of the three-layered structure is made of reinforced cement concrete (RCC), steel and 8 mm bronze.
There is nothing unusual about the change in colour. The Statue of Liberty was originally dull brown in colour and turned green in about 30 years due to oxidation.
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