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The Uttar Pradesh government will acquire more than 28 hectares of land for a statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya.
At 221 metres, it would be the tallest statue in the world and will exceed the height of the Statue of Unity by 38 metres. The Statue of Unity, dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October last year.
“We have identified land for the Lord Ram statue project and forwarded an official intimation in this regard to the tourism department,” Ayodhya district magistrate Anuj Jha told Business Standard, adding the district administration would
