New Delhi: The management firm that built world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is planning to set another world record by building world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity for Sardar Patel who was one of the founding fathers of modern India, reports said. The proposed statue of historical Indian hero who is also named as “Iron Man of India” will be 54 meter higher than the current record holder, the Spring Temple Buddha statue in China.
The U.S. origin firm, Turner Project Management, the team who has taken the responsibility to book yet another world record has signed a $450 million-contract on Tuesday to erect the 182-meter-high Statue of Unity opposite to one of world’s biggest dams in Western India, in the center of Narmada River, Indian English daily reported.
“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.
The project has been undertaken in order to keep the national hero alive in the hearts of new generations to come. The statue will be a source of inspiration and motivation for every generation, the statement added.