More than 800,000 persons from all walks of life, varying from students and housewives to government officials, planted 49.3 million tree saplings in just 24 hours. The saplings included 80 different species of trees were from 950 different nurseries around the state.
The cities of Uttar Pradesh are instantly looking a lot greener, with just under 50 million trees having been planted in India in a record-breaking attempt to raise awareness of conservation.
Pakistan earlier held the record, soon after planting 847,275 trees in 2013, but India’s effort earlier this week has presently been certified by the Guinness Book Committee as the new titleholder.
This mass-planting celebration is to raise awareness of the government’s large nation-wide plan to make India green again. At the Paris Climate Change Conference, India pledged to maximize forest cover to 95 million hectares (235 million acres) by 2030. India’s govt is putting forward $6.2 billion for this effort.
