These committees will include people from all the walks of life. At national level, state level and district level, Iron Collection Coordination Committees have been formed to collect iron from the households of farmers. The iron collected from 6.5 lakh farmers of the country will be used in erecting Statue of Unity. Bardoli Satygraha gave him the name of Sardar. Grewal said that Sardar Patel was a farmers’ leader. The way Statue of Liberty represents America, the Statue of Unity will represent India. Keeping in view the stature of Sardar Patel, the statue will be 182 m (600 ft) high, which would be equal to a 60 storeys building, whereas the Statue of Liberty is 93 m high.
He said this is a dream project of Gujrat’s chief minister and future Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
Kisan Morcha All India Secretary said that every household and every person in the states will be associated with this project, which will be source of inspiration for the unified India and also for the generations to come. Patel unified the 562 princely states of India after which the statue will be named as the Statue of Unity. He said the statue will be a symbol of the immense contribution of Sardar Patel and his legendary persona. Grewal stated this while addressing the media persons here today. National BJP Leader and Kisan Morcha All India Secretary Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal stated that All India President BJP kisan Morcha Om Prakash Dhankar, is the national coordinator of the coordination committee that will collect iron from every household of rural India. A statue of Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel will be installed at the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujrat, which will be double the length of Statue of Liberty in America.