Redigerer Statue of Unity (avsnitt)

== Finansiering av statuen ==
Statsminister [[Narendra Modi]] var en pådriver for å få reist den gigantiske statuen.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

For å finansiere statuen ble det organisert et offentlig–private partnerskap (PPP) kalt «Statue of Unity Movement».<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.coursehero.com/file/p76j4btq/The-Statue-of-Unity-Movement-organised-a-Suraaj-good-governance-petition-The/|besøksdato=2021-05-11|verk=www.coursehero.com}}</ref> Parallelt ble indiske bønder oppfordret til å donere gammelt landbruksutstyr, for at stålet kunne gjenbrukes som reisverk for statuen.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/for-iron-to-build-sardar-patel-statue-modi-goes-to-farmers/|tittel=For iron to build Sardar Patel statue,Modi goes to farmers|besøksdato=2021-05-11|dato=2013-07-08|språk=en|verk=The Indian Express}}</ref> Til slutt hadde man samlet inn 5000 tonn metall.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/for-iron-to-build-sardar-patel-statue-modi-goes-to-farmers/1138798/|tittel=For iron to build Sardar Patel statue, Modi goes to farmers - Indian Express|besøksdato=2021-05-11|verk=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/lt-to-build-statue-of-unity-centre-grants-rs-200-crore/|tittel=L&T to build Statue of Unity, Centre grants Rs 200 crore|besøksdato=2021-05-11|dato=2014-07-11|språk=en|verk=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Statue of Unity gets Rs. 200 crore|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/statue-of-unity-gets-rs-200-crore/article6197549.ece|avis=The Hindu|dato=2014-07-10|besøksdato=2021-05-11|issn=0971-751X|språk=en-IN|fornavn=Mahim Pratap|etternavn=Singh}}</ref>