UP sets Guinness record at ‘Vriksharopan Mahakumbh’

The Uttar Pradesh government set a Guinness world record for maximum distribution of saplings from one point by distributing 76,824 saplings in eight hours on August 09, 2019. The previous record was held by the state of Maharashtra for distribution of 32,000 saplings from one point.
The UP government has achieved its target of planting 22 crore saplings in one day across the state under its ‘Vriksharopan Mahakumbh’ campaign.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, also announced that 25 crore saplings would be planted in 2020