India’s Statue of Unity starts registering its success story

The Statue of Unity garnered lots of attention within a month after its inauguration and has now become one of the more popular tourist attractions in Gujarat. As per the news reports, it has entered the prestigious World Architecture News Awards 2019 in the mixed-use category.

Reportedly, the said award is one of the world’s leading awards in architecture and showcases top international designs. Standing tall at 182 m, the Statue of Unity is a towering structure dedicated to India’s first deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The World Architecture News Awards described how the statue had been built to withstand a speed of around 180 km/sec and has the ability to endure an earthquake of 6.8 on the Richter scale.
Further, the website also mentioned that the statue has the potential to generate thousands of direct jobs for tribal people and in the tourism sector every year.

Not just the statue, its backdrop also makes for a mesmerising view. To promote tourism, the Gujarat tourism department has also started offering online booking, which will facilitate your entry to the statue site. One can also book tickets for accommodation in the tent houses. The statue has now become an additional tourist attraction in Gujarat. An official in the knowhow stated that it is a part of ‘destination tourism’ and has been extensively marketed both in the domestic and international sector. It took around three and a half years to build this statue, and iron was collected from all over the country to build it.

Going by the way it is attracting visitors, its entry in the latest prestigious award category is no surprise.