Loha Campaign

The Statue of Unity is meant to salute the spirit of Loh Purush (Iron Man) of
India, Sardar Patel, whose dedication and resolve led to the unification of
India. For the person who led many movements for the farming community, it
was decided to involve the farmers who could donate their used implements
and tools from which the iron would be recovered to reuse in the building of
the statue.
The LOHA campaign, a Gujarat Government initiative, connected
the farmers with their leader, Sardar Patel, a champion of farmers’ rights in his
time. Used farm tools and soil samples were collected from 169,078 locations
across the country for use in the project, from the farmers as a unique tribute
to Sardar Patel. The iron thus collected was melted and converted into
reinforced bars which were used in the project. The soil samples have been
used in building the Wall of Unity.