Telangana Sets New World Record by Planting 1 Million Sapling In an Hour

Five lakh saplings were planted using the Miyawaki model in the degenerated forest area spread over 200 acres.

As a part of the Green India Challenge, Telangana established a new world record by planting one million saplings in one hour. The plantation drive was carried out in Telangana’s Adilabad district on the occasion of the 58th birthday of Telugu Rashtra Samithi leader Jogu Ramanna. The Wonder Book of Records appreciated the participants and recognised their effort by offering certificates. Nearly five lakh saplings were planted in the ‘Miyawanki’ model (using the renowned Miyawaki afforestation method) in over 200 acres of degenerated forest. In a span of 60 minutes, two lakh plants in Adilabad Rural Bela Mandal, 1,80,000 saplings in 45 houses in the urban region were planted. Earlier the record was broke by Turkey in 2019 by planting 3.03 lakh saplings in one hour as part of a mass campaign that aimed at contributing to agriculture, to establish a greener landscape for future generations. In total, eleven million saplings were simultaneously planted across Turkey.