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Largest Digital Pledge for Cleanliness

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Maharashtra organized India’s largest digital pledge campaign in a day, ‘Swachh Digital Pledge for Cleanliness’, at Wonders Park, Sector 19, Nerul from 7.00 am to 10.00 pm on Sept 17, 2023, in which over 25,000 citizens participated. The event was a part of the Indian Swachhata League 2.0.

Largest Walk for Cleanliness and Oath-taking with Mass Mangroves Cleanliness Drive

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), Maharashtra organized the country’s largest ‘Walk for Cleanliness and Oath-taking’ combined with ‘Mass Mangroves Cleanliness Drive’ at all its administrative wards on Sept 17, 2023, in which 114360 citizens of the municipality participated. The event was a part of the Indian Swachhata League 2.0.

Most saplings potted simultaneously

Turning his birthday celebration into a movement for a cleaner and greener environment, Maharaj Kumar Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, the prince of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India launched ‘Vriksh Hi Jeevan Abhiyaan’, a green initiative in which 4,035 persons including school students, Indian Army personnel and the public planted as many saplings simultaneously in less than a minute on January 28, 2020.

Longest tapioca root

Ramachandran M V alias MV Ramachandran Udayavarman (b Jan 1, 1959) and wife Prasanna harvested the longest tapioca root from their homestead in Chembrakanam, Thimiri, Kasaragod, Kerala on March 22, 2021. The 187.5 cm long tuber, weighing 4.65 kg, measured taller than the farmers themselves! They had planted the crop in June 2020.

India’s only volcano active again!

The only live volcano in the country, situated on Barren Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, became active again spewing smoke and lava on Jan 23, 2017. It continued to erupt in small episodes for about 5-10 minutes. After lying dormant for 150 years, the volcano had erupted in 1991, followed by occasional eruptions till 2013.

World’s first eco-friendly medical conference

AKCOG 2018 Conference, organised by Thrissur Obstetric and Gyneacological Society (TOGS) at Lulu International Convention Centre, Thrissur, Kerala from Feb 9 – 11, 2018 was the first totally eco-friendly medical conference held in the country and world over. The three-day event attended by over 1,000 delegates from India and abroad, stuck thoroughly to ‘green’ standards in all aspects including processes, facilities and products. The event was managed by Daksh Management Solutions, Thrissur.

Most water conservation pledges in a day

The largest water conservation awareness campaign organised by Water & Effluent Treatment (WET) Business of Larsen &Toubro Constructions as part of its World Water Day 2018 celebrations had 42,354 students from 110 schools across India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania taking water conservation pledges on a single day – Feb 23, 2018.

Most water conservation pledges in a day

The largest water conservation awareness campaign organised by Water & Effluent Treatment (WET) Business of Larsen &Toubro Constructions as part of its World Water Day 2018 celebrations had 42,354 students from 110 schools across India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania taking water conservation pledges on a single day – Feb 23, 2018.

World’s largest water conservation awareness campaign in schools on a single day

As part of the World Water Day celebrations in 2018, Larsen & Toubro Limited – Water & Effluent Treatment IC organized the largest water conservation campaign involving 42,354 students from 110 schools across India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania on February 23, 2018. The event included awareness speeches, video presentations, conservation pledges, essay writing and painting competitions.

Most mobile photos of flowers

V T Jolly of Manjummel, Ernakulam, Kerala has a collection of 1,600 original images of natural flowers, photographed using his mobile camera over a period of a year, as of April 28, 2018.
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