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The Andhra Pradesh government will unveil the world's tallest statue of BR Ambedkar, standing 206 feet from the ground in Vijayavada, and it will be called the ‘Statue of Social Justice’.

Features of the ‘Statue of Justice’:

• The world's tallest Ambedkar statue stands 125-feet tall and stands on an 81-feet pedestal.
• The second-tallest Ambedkar statue, which is 175 feet, is situated in Telangana.
• The project to build the statue incurred ₹404.35 crore and it is spread over 18.81 acres of land covered in a lush green park.
• From sourcing raw materials to designing, the statue was built under a complete ‘Made in India’ project. 
• Around 400 tonnes of steel went into making the ‘Statue of Justice’.
• The area surrounding the statue, along with the Swaraj Maidan, where it was built, has been re-developed. 
• Water bodies in the forecourt, three-sided peripheral water body for the pedestal and a musical water fountain were built in the area.
• LED screens have been set up to display Ambedkar's life, a convention center of 2,000 seating capacity, a food court of 8,000 sq ft along with children's playing area were also built at the site.
• The statue is India’s tallest non- religious, Made in India Statue and World’s tallest statue of Ambedkar, according to a press release from the Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR).