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Statue of Unity: An open letter to Sardar Patel by activist Medha Patkar
Your generation was aware of two vices - corruption and communalism. The spirit behind your then sermons is needed today
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Statue of Unity could have paid for 2 IITs, 5 IIMs and many agri projects
The construction cost could have been used to irrigate 40,192 hectares of land, cover repair, renovation & restoration of 162 minor irrigation schemes and the construction of 425 small check-dams
 "Statue of Unity could have paid for 2 IITs, 5 IIMs and many agri projects")
Sardar Patel was synonymous with trust and integrity, writes PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering a special tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, says the great unifier was also responsible for building India's great cooperative sector
 "Sardar Patel was synonymous with trust and integrity, writes PM Modi")
Statue of Unity: How environment, Adivasi rights lost again to Patel's name
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is often thought of as the inspiration for the Sardar Sarovar dam which faced a lot of environmental and humanitarian protests
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Statue of Unity: Security beefed up in Gujarat ahead of inauguration today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Gujarat to inaugurate the statue
Govt must explain Rs 30-bn Sardar statue at a time of farmer distress: Left
CPI national secretary Binoy Viswam claimed that 75,000 adivasi families living near the Sardar Sarovar dam had been rendered homeless to facilitate the construction of the mammoth structure
With love, despite hate: How the 182-metre Sardar Patel statue was built
At 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty
 "With love, despite hate: How the 182-metre Sardar Patel statue was built")
State-run firms partially funded Sardar Patel's Statue of Unity under CSR
The CAG mentioned five companies giving Rs 1.47 billion for the statue in its report for 2016-17
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The statue of unity: Can it become the new magnet of tourism for India?
History shows that once-in-a-lifetime structures like the Statue of Unity create opportunities around them, especially in tourism, that create a positive return on investment in just a few decades
Why Patel vs Nehru is a bogus debate
It is time for the Congress party to reclaim Sardar Patel's legacy, which the BJP has wrongly appropriated
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Gujarat looks to attract tourism with inauguration of Sardar Patel's statue
The Statue of Unity will boost tourism, with one estimate putting the daily numbers at 15,000, and it can become one of the most visited spots in the nation, a state government official said
PM Modi to inaugurate Statue of Unity on October 31: Vijay Rupani
The 182-metre tall statue is being built with 25,000 tonnes of iron and 90,000 tonnes of cement
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'Statue of Unity' to be inaugurated on Sardar Patel's birthday Oct 31
The foundation stone of the monument, a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was laid on October 31, 2013, coinciding with the 138th birth anniversary of Patel
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