Guwahati, May 25 -- A major controversy is brewing in Assam over shocking claims made by the Dibrugarh Forest Division under the Amrit Brikshya Andolan, a state-run mega tree plantation initiative.

According to a reply received through the Right to Information (RTI) Act, forest officials claimed to have planted an unbelievable 3,31,929 saplings in just 28 hectares of land, an area that logically can't accommodate even a quarter of that number.

RTI activist Dilip Nath from Dhekiajuli flagged the discrepancy after receiving the reply from the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Dibrugarh. "It's beyond imagination," Nath said, calling the figures absurd and potentially fraudulent.

Numbers that don't add up

As per forest department guideli...