From Al Arabiya:
Burj Khalifa firm eyes another record by building world’s tallest statue
The Statue of Unity for Sardar Patel, one of founding
fathers of modern India, will be 54 meter higher than the current record
holder, the Spring Temple Buddha statue in China. (Photo courtesy of
statueofunity.in)
The management firm that built world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is eying another record by planning to erect the world’s tallest statue.
The U.S.-based firm, Turner Project Management, signed a $450 million-contract on Tuesday to build the 182-meter-high Statue of Unity in the middle of Narmada River and opposite of one of world’s biggest dams in Western India, The Times of India reported.
The statue will be of Sardar Patel, one of founding fathers of modern India, also named as “Iron Man of India.”
“The life of a man, as great as Sardar Patel, is something that India cannot simply afford to fade away into pages of history,” read a statement on the Statue of Unity’s website, (http://statueofunity.in/monument.htm)....MORE
