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Maharashtra Forest Department recently created a world record by writing the words, ‘Bharat Mata’, by planting as many as 65,724 saplings. Sharing the video of the same on Instagram, All India Radio informed that the state forest department set the Guinness World Record for the ‘largest potted sapling word’ at Tadoba Festival 2024.
The video shows State Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar cutting the ribbon at the festival in Chandrapur. From the aerial view to the closeup of saplings, the video shows the record-breaking ‘Bharat Mata.’
Sharing the video, airnews wrote, “Forest Department of #Maharashtra creates a Guinness Book of World Records by creating the words ‘Bharat Mata’ from 65,724 saplings in Chandrapur.”
“State Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar congratulated the forest department for achieving this milestones in ongoing ‘Tadoba Mahotsav 2024’ organized at Chandrapur. As many as 65,724 plants of 26 species were used for creating the word #BharatMata,” it added.
Watch the viral video here:
The video is winning hearts on social media with users hailing the forest department. A user commented, “Superb.” Another user wrote, “Very nice.”
Taboda Festival 2023 began on March 1 and concluded on March 3. Organised by the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the festival was held to support wildlife conservation, sustainable tourism, and preserve Maharashtra’s heritage.
Earlier, the Assam Forest Department set the world record for the longest line of potted saplings. Reports said the department used 3,22,444 saplings to set up a spiral circling outwards from a centre point with a length measuring 22.22 km.
