Remember how in Bunty Aur Bubli the protagonists scammed a foreigner by selling him the Taj Mahal? Well, someone apparently wanted to do the same with the Statue of Unity. But this time, it was not to make profit but to ¡®help¡¯ COVID-19 patients.
The Statue of Unity was completed in 2018 and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in November 2018.?The statue is a dedication to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950), the Iron Man of India who was the first home minister of independent India.?
It stands at a height of 182 metre, which makes it 23 metres taller than China's Spring Temple Buddha statue and almost double the height of the Statue of Liberty (93 metre tall) in US.
People have been donating generously to the PM-CARES fund, however someone thought that was not enough and, in what can be termed as a joke, apparently put up the?Statue of Unity for sale on OLX.
The post can be found on?reddit?in form of a screenshot. The original listing however now seems to have been taken down from OLX itself.?As mentioned, this could only be a joke because no individual has the authority to sell the statue.
The cost of building the Statue was Rs 3,000 crore so the person put up the ¡®urgent sale¡¯ for Rs 30,000 crore. The description of the alleged sale read- ¡®Emergency! Selling Satue of Unity because of urgent money required for the hospitals and healthcare equipments¡¯.?
Here are some of the reactions to the alleged ¡®sale¡¯.?
In a country where millions live without a roof on their head or even a decent meal, building expensive statues does make one wonder if the money could've been put to better use.?