L&T bags contract for world's tallest statue

The Gujarat government on Monday issued work orders to build 'Statue of Unity' - the world's tallest statue of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - to leading engineering company Larsen and Toubro. Chief Minister Anandi Patel said that the work on the 182-metre tall statue is to be completed at a cost of Rs 2,979 crore.