Exclusive Drone Visuals of Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity Ready For Inauguration By Modi

The 182-metre tall Statue of Unity, located about 3.32 kilometres from the Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya, is scheduled to be inaugurated on October 31 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The memorial is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crore under the Public Private Partnership model. The construction is by firm Larsen and Toubro and the state-run Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL).

"A viewing gallery at a height of around 500 feet will provide visitors a spectacular view of the Sardar Sarovar Dam and its surrounding areas," SSNNL chairman-managing director SS Rathore.

Around 3,500 workers and 250 engineers are working at the site to get the statue, touted as the world's tallest.

It is ready for inauguration on October 31.

The statue of Patel, who was a hero of India’s independence struggle in Gujarat and India's first deputy prime minister, is proposed to be called the Statue of Unity. It will be inaugurated on October 31 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Image: AFP/ Sam PANTHAKY

The world’s tallest statue which is being built in India as a tribute to Sardar Vallabhai Patel is nearing its completion. It is located near Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in India's western Gujarat state. Image: AFP/ Sam PANTHAKY