SHG women enter Guinness World Records for rolling seed balls

They make 2.08 crore seed balls in 10 days, form longest seed ball sentence

Women of a self-help group (SHG) in Mahabubnagar have entered the Guinness World Records for their feat of rolling 8 crore seed balls, made for improving greenery in the district, in 10 days and making the longest sentence with seed balls on Monday. Representative of the Guinness World Records, Rishinath watched the formation of longest sentence with the seed balls virtually, and presented the certificate. The women formed the sentence – Two crore seed balls made and planted by SHG Women, Transform Mahabubnagar into Hetero Green Belt – with 73,918 seed balls between 10.40 a.m. and 12.35 p.m. to enter the Guinness World Records. Minister for Excise and Tourism V. Srinivas Goud and District Collector S. Venkata Rao complimented the women and said the record set by them would be dedicated to the ‘Green India Challenge’. The seed balls were being broadcast in difficult and hilly terrains and other government and forest lands to improve the green cover in the district as part of the Haritha Haaram programme.