Assam eyes multiple world records with plantation drive
Guinness World Record during the massive plantation drive this month.
Government of Assam, through the launch of Assam Green Mission, has set out a goal of increasing green cover of the state by 2% from 36% to 38% over a span of Five years.
Assam's mega plantation drive, "Amrit Brikshya Andolan, 2023" involving plantation of Over one Crore seedlings of 53 number of commercially valuable species. to be planted across the State in one day on 17th September, 2023, in a Jan Bhagidaari model, will attempt to create multiple records.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that around 1.46 crore seedlings of 53 commercially valuable species have been mobilized of which 1.17 crore seedlings have been mobilized via competitive bidding.
As on 5th September, 2023, 68 lakh seedlings have already been delivered to various Stocking Points across the state. This initiative will promote tree Economy in the State and will attract new investment in the wood-based industry sector as over 5000 crore is expected to be added to the state in the period of next 5-10 years from the trees planted under the programme.
For the programme 47,34,465 beneficiaries have registered online through the mobile app.
Incentives of Rs 100 per beneficiary to be paid via DBT mode on plantation of the seedlings and follow up incentive of 200 per beneficiary to be paid on uploading time stamped and geotagged photograph of surviving trees after two years.
The categories under which Assam is eyeing a record include largest line/spiral of saplings, largest number of Seedlings distributed in one day at one venue Most trees planted by a team in 24 hours, most trees planted in 1 hour, largest planted tree mosaic, most trees planted by a team of 100 in an hour,
