Adilabad (Telangana): One million saplings were planted in one hour in southern Indian state of Telangana on Sunday, setting a new record for the largest such plantation drive anywhere in the world.
The event, as part of the Green India Challenge, and led by Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Rajya Sabha member of parliament J Santosh Kumar in Adilabad is expected to enter the Guinness Book World Records. The earlier record of 300,300 saplings was registered in Turkey in 2019.
Over 30,000 TRS members, as well as locals, participated in the drive along with Telangana’s forest and environment minister A Indra Karan Reddy, who also marked his birthday with the mammoth plantation event.
The volunteers divided the entire region into ten sectors where more than the TRS members and locals participated.
Some 500,000 saplings were planted through Miyawaki model in the degenerated forest area spreading over 200 acres in Durganagar of the Adilabad rural region. In a span of 60 minutes, 200,000 plants in Adilabad Rural Bela mandal, 1,80,000 saplings in 45 houses in the urban region were planted. Volunteers ensured planting 1,20,000 saplings.
“All the programme has been video recorded as per the norms and will be sent to Guinness Book World Records, for making it to the top,” said the organisers.
The representatives of Wonder Book of Records gave appreciation certification to the organisers after observing the plantations in the Durga Nagar region.
