Lucknow, July 10 -- Hundreds of people took part in a grand plantation drive held as part of a government initiative here on Wednesday. They also pledged to take part in environmental conservation activities and plant more trees from time to time.

At Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), as many as 2,100 participants planted as many saplings under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0' campaign and made a new Guinness World Record, officials said. It was done in cooperation with the forest department and BBAU.

In the programme, Avnish Awasthi, who's the advisor to the chief minister, was present as the chief guest. Earlier, the record was in the name of the Assam government, under which 1,229 people planted as many saplings simultaneousl...