![]() ![]() Now if we look at the district closely, then we notice that nearly 82% of the population of Narmada district is tribal and in fact there are very few districts in India having more tribal concentration than this district. Gujrat also has modern Cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot where the visibility of the statue would have been much higher, still the statue is far away from large cities and Ahmadabad itself is 4 hours journey from the statue. ![]() Gujrat has a long coastline, Porebandar or Dwarka would have been given better visibility to people even ships going Karachi could have seen the World’s tallest statue. Narendra Modi initiated the project during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujrat, but it is not clear why Narmada District is the most suitable place for such a grand statue. The selection of the statue location near Sardar Sarovar Dam, in Narmada District raises many questions. As usual the displaced tribal villagers of the statue site did not receive adequate compensation for displacement till date but the project has been completed in record time. In the same day hundreds of villagers of 73 tribal villages in and around Narmada district did not cook as protest and bandh was also observed in many villages in the region. The world’s tallest statue the ‘Statue of Unity’ was inaugurated by Prime Minister nearly sometimes back with huge publicity in Kevadiya, near Sardar Sarovar Dam in Narmada District. ![]()
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