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The engineering marvel is making heads turn – and necks crick – around the world and now there’s another magnificent picture of the Statue of Unity from space.
Updated : Nov 17, 2018, 06:21 PM IST
The engineering marvel is making heads turn – and necks crick – around the world and now there’s another magnificent picture of the Statue of Unity from space.
The PlanetLabs - the world’s largest commercial satellite network - Twitter handle tweeted a picture with the caption: “At 597 feet, India’s Statue of Unity is now the tallest statue in the world and clearly seen from space! Oblique SkySat image captured today, November 15, 2018.”
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At 597 feet, India’s Statue of Unity is now the tallest statue in the world and clearly seen from space! Oblique SkySat image captured today, November 15, 2018. pic.twitter.com/FkpVoHJKjw
— Planet (@planetlabs) November 15, 2018
Great camera quality...we appreciate your work. https://t.co/Ual0NOms4g
— RITESH KUMAR PANDEY (@TheRKPandey0810) November 16, 2018
Tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel #StatueOfUnity
— सिंह (@NooseVp) November 16, 2018
Thanks Shri @narendramodi ji for this.
Proud Indian https://t.co/yK1JX0EwV7
Proud moment for #India. I congratulate and thank everyone involved in this mission. Naman https://t.co/CQUcP7wi0G
— कालनेमि (@SamitLive) November 16, 2018
Wonderful! https://t.co/KP9znsWbvs
— Rajshri Mahtani (@rajshri_mahtani) November 16, 2018
I love large outdoor monuments. Maybe someday I'll visit this one if I'm back in India. https://t.co/298Cw0hA5A
— Chris Kramer (@kramercp) November 16, 2018
Let's all forget the mixed feelings about the statue of liberty and appreciate this image of it taken from space. https://t.co/qmuY86IlVC
— Kuldeep Barad (@DescendingNode) November 16, 2018
The towering structure, built at a cost of Rs 2,989 crore, is nearly twice the height of Statue of Liberty in United States and also bigger than Spring Temple Buddha, China (153 metres) and Ushika Daibustum Japan (120 metres).
Along with the Statue of Unity, Gujarat Tourism has added many attractions nearby for sight-seeing. Two tent cities have been created along the backwater lakes of the Narmada dam reservoir for tourists who want to stay there.
Among the prime attractions at the site is a viewers gallery inside the statue located at a height of 135 metres with a capacity to accommodate 200 persons at a time.
High-speed lifts installed there are capable of taking 5,000 people per day to the viewing gallery, which offers a panoramic glimpse of the surrounding areas.
The ambitious project was announced in 2010 and a special purpose vehicle was set up by the state government for its construction.
The Gujarat government Friday announced the newly inaugurated Statue of Unity near Kevadia village in Narmada district will get air as well as railway connectivity soon.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held meetings with top officials of the Airports Authority of India(AAI) and the Railway Board in this regard during his Delhi visit Friday, said a government release.
After meeting AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra, Rupani announced that an airport will be built at Rajpipla town of Narmada district to facilitate tourists coming to see the 182-metre tall statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Rajpipla town is around 23 kms from Kevadia.
The release added that the AAI will extend its support to the state government in building airports at Rajpipla, Dholera and Rajkot.
Rupani also held discussion with Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani about various rail connectivity projects in Gujarat, including laying tracks till Kevadia, the release said.
During the meeting, it was decided that the work to lay the railway tracks till Kevadia will be expedited, the release added.
The towering statue, the tallest in the world and built near the Sardar Sarovar Dam, was dedicated to the nation on October 31 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.