Modi to lay foundation stone of Patel statue today
1 Nov 2013 5:17 AM IST
After the public spat over the legacy of Sardar Patel between Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Modi will lay the foundation stone for the statue on Thursday.
Modi wrote on his blog on Wednesday that ‘Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary would be even more special because we (Gujarat government) are going to lay the foundation stone of the Statue of Unity’.
‘At a height of 182 metres, ‘the State of Unity’ would be among the tallest statues in the world, celebrating and paying tributes to the Iron Man of India. It would be situated at Sadhu Bet, which is close to the Sardar Sarovar Dam,’ he wrote.
‘The statue is being built through the PPP model, using the latest technology. A few months ago, I had appealed to my farmer sisters and brothers to contribute their iron tools they used in farming to build the statue’, he wrote.
Modi wrote on his blog on Wednesday that ‘Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary would be even more special because we (Gujarat government) are going to lay the foundation stone of the Statue of Unity’.
‘At a height of 182 metres, ‘the State of Unity’ would be among the tallest statues in the world, celebrating and paying tributes to the Iron Man of India. It would be situated at Sadhu Bet, which is close to the Sardar Sarovar Dam,’ he wrote.
‘The statue is being built through the PPP model, using the latest technology. A few months ago, I had appealed to my farmer sisters and brothers to contribute their iron tools they used in farming to build the statue’, he wrote.
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