Author: Asia Book of Records Team

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s largest funeral parlour, which is also South-east Asia’s first solar-powered one, began operations on Saturday in Woodlands, as the Republic prepares to meet an anticipated rise in demand for after-death facilities and services. The nine-storey Woodlands Memorial complex, located in Woodlands Industrial Park, features 14 non-denominational halls of varying sizes that can accommodate groups ranging from 60 people to a maximum of 1,000 when the halls are combined. The 24-hour facility spanning 10,000 sq m of floor space also has a roof entirely covered with solar panels that will generate 168,000 kilowatt-hours of energy – or the…

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Energy Swaraj Foundation (founded by Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, also known as the solar man/solar Gandhi of India), set the record for highest number of climate clocks assembled and displayed at multiple venues in a single day. A total of 559 climate clocks were assembled by the participants in the age group of 10-50yrs gathered at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi and were joined virtually by more participants from across the country to create individual Climate clocks. The activity was undertaken to commemorate ‘Earth Day’ which is celebrated every year on April 22, 2023.

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Andy Reid of the United Kingdom, set a record of delivering a burger at the highest point on land being a triple amputee. He delivered the burger on Mount Kilimanjaro (height 5,895 metres) despite losing 3 of his limbs during an explosion. He performed the delivery representing his charity, ‘Stand Tall Foundation’ with the help of UberEats, volunteer delivery climbers and close friends, as confirmed on April 21, 2023.

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Sai Krithik Swargam (born on March 22, 2020) of Andhra Pradesh, India, set a record for solving the maximum number of map puzzles. He solved 6 map puzzles (consisting of a total number of 216 pieces), namely map of India (26 pieces), map of Asia (25 pieces), map of Europe (31 pieces), map of Africa (25 pieces), map of USA (44 pieces) and the World map (65 pieces), at the age of 2 years, 11 months and 12 days, as confirmed on March 3, 2023.

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Largest elevated RCC solid slab rotary junction Rachana Infracon in association Rachana Construction Co. set the record for the Largest Elevated RCC Solid Slab Rotary Junction at the Valsad ROB Junction. The solid slab consisting the height of 1.5m is elevated at 9.21 metre from WDFC Track, covering 1547.21 sq. m area, RCC M 45 Grade Concrete of 1974 Cu.M & Steel TMT reinforcement bar of 721.47 MT, consumed 51 days since February 15,2023. A Manpower of 174 teams was engaged under the surveillance of Mr. Navinbhai I Patel C/o Rachana Infracon in association Rachana Construction Co. & Mr. Sitesh…

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