LYLA BAVADAM in Sadhu Bet-Frontline

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In this handout photograph received from the Gujarat Information Bureau on October 31, 2013, Gujarat State Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi looks out at a balloon marking the spot where the 'Statue of Unity' of India's first home minister, Sardar Patel is to be built near the Narmada Dam site at Kevadia village, some 190 kms from Ahmedabad. The tribute to Sardar Patel, the first home minister of independent India, is set to be twice the size of the Statue of Liberty and four times higher than Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. AFP PHOTO/GUJARAT INFORMATION BUREAU ----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / GUJARAT INFORMATION BUREAU' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ------

A statue and its cost

The proposed 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Sadhu Bet island near the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat brings to the fore many environme

LYLA BAVADAM in Sadhu Bet,Garudeshwar,Narmada district,Gujarat