It’s now ‘Statue of Honour’

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust (SVPRET),formed to execute the Rs 2,500 crore Statue of Unity project under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Narendra Modi,has decided to call the project “Statue of Honour”. The declaration came on the SVPRET’s revamped official website just a day before Modi was to share the dais with PM Manmohan Singh who inaugurated the Sardar Patel museum in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

The homepage had a google map image showing the exact location of the proposed statue with an added name tag that said “Statue of Honour”. The homepage also has a message by Modi declaring that he was “ready to become the foundation for the coming century”. The Gujarat government on Wednesday released images,aerial view and 3-dimensional model of the statue. The statue will be of a 3D steel space frame.

From the base cross-section level,which is the feet of the statue,the visitors will be able to climb up to the chest level,a specially created deck,from where they can get a panoramic view of the dam site. The museum,art gallery and other visitors’ centres will be below the base level on a platform.