Meri Mati Mera Desh campaign: In what could seem as a significant achievement for India, the nation bagged the Guinness Book of World Records for the maximum quantity of online selfies underneath the Central authorities’s ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ campaign by importing selfies on social media.
Earlier, the Guinness Book of World Records for the maximum quantity of selfies was with China in 2016 with round 1 lakh selfies, and now Maharashtra’s Savitaribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has created the file of 10,42,538 selfies with soil.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis took half within the Guinness Book of World Records Certificate awarding ceremony at Mumbai University on Wednesday as a component of the ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ initiative. While addressing the occasion, Deputy CM Fadnavis mentioned that it’s a proud second for everybody, including that the ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ initiative is all about displaying respect to those that sacrificed their lives for the nation.
“It’s a proud moment for us, and SPPU has created this world record. We call this nation Mother, and this Maa is Mitti (soil), and the ‘Meri Matti Mera Desh’ campaign is all about respecting the people who have sacrificed their lives for the nation, we worship our soil,” he mentioned.
“We had 25 lakhs selfies but 10,42 538 selfies got approved and we created the world record by defeating China, so it is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s Maharashtra who broke this record, we need to break more records,” the Deputy CM added. CM Shinde additionally congratulated everybody who was related to this campaign and mentioned that the campaign showcased patriotism.
“I congratulate everyone associated with this campaign. This campaign shows your patriotism too. Maharashtra has always shown direction to the nation, and we have witnessed this several times too, it’s because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that our country’s name has been taken with respect in the world,” CM Shinde mentioned.”The campaign started as a symbol to show patriotism, and Maharashtra participated in it with full support. We have made special arrangements for trains to send these ‘Kalash of Soil’ to Delhi,” he added.
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The ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ (MMMD) campaign is to pay tribute to the Army bravehearts who sacrificed their lives for the nation. As half of this initiative, sacred soil and rice have been collected from households throughout the nation and thoroughly positioned in Amrit Kalash containers.’Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign included the Amrit Kalash Yatra, which contains a group of mitti and rice grains from over 6 lakh villages in rural areas and from wards in city areas, which is distributed to dam degree (the place the mitti of all villages within the block is combined) after which to the state capital. The mitti from the state degree was despatched to the nationwide capital, accompanied by 1000’s of Amrit Kalash Yatris. The finale programme was held on October 31, at Kartavya Path, Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated within the occasion to mark the end result of the ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign’s Amrit Kalash Yatra on October 31 and mentioned the youth can collectively obtain targets for the nation’s progress via synergy of their efforts.”While we are culminating an event, on the other hand, this is the beginning of the new resolution…In the 21st century, the ‘Mera Bharat Yuva’ organization will play a big role in the development of the country. ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ is an example of how the youth together can achieve every target,” PM Modi mentioned.
The programme additionally marked the closing ceremony of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Meri Maati Mera Desh campaign contains many actions and ceremonies performed throughout the nation at panchayat, village, block, city, native physique, state and nationwide ranges. The actions included the constructing of Shilaphalakam (Memorial) to precise heartfelt gratitude to all of the bravehearts who’ve made the supreme sacrifice, ‘Panch Pran’ pledge taking by the individuals at Shilaphalakam, planting of saplings of indigenous species and creating ‘Amrit Vatika’ (Vasudha Vandhan) and felicitation ceremonies for honouring the liberty fighters and the households of deceased freedom fighters (Veeron ka Vandan), amongst others.
The campaign grew to become an enormous success, with over 2.3 lakh Shilaphalakams inbuilt 36 states and UTs, practically 4 crore Panch Pran pledge selfies uploaded, 2 lakh plus ‘Veeron ka Vandan’ packages nationwide, greater than 2.36 crore indigenous saplings have been planted and a pair of.63 lakh Amrit Vatikas created underneath the Vasudha Vandan theme throughout the nation.
(With ANI inputs)
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