By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan has created a world record for planting the highest number of saplings in a day by planting over 700,000 saplings at Kharochan coastal area Saturday, Geo News reported.
Some 300 volunteers were engaged to break the world record in Kharochan, a coastal area situated in the Indus Delta, located about 230 km from the port city of Karachi.
The record was earlier held by India for planting 611,137 saplings in a day.
The campaign for the planting of saplings was launched Saturday morning with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank, Coastal Community Development and Forest Department.
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