By planting 750,000 mangroves at Kharo Chan, Thatta, Pakistan claims new world record

KARACHI:

The provincial forest department set a new world record on Saturday by planting 750,000 mangrove saplings at Kharo Chan, Thatta, in a little over 12 hours. This is the highest number of saplings planted within a day.






To achieve the feat, 300 volunteers toiled from dawn till the time the sun sank below the horizon. Guinness officials have verified the new world record. While talking to The Express Tribune, the forest department’s chief conservation officer, Riaz

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