GUWAHATI: An idol of Goddess Durga made out of waste electrical wires weighing 160 kg during the Durga Puja in Dhubri, Assam set a World Record by entering into the Assam Book of Records.
The creator of the idol Sanjib Basak, a field officer employed with the Assam State Disaster Management Authority displayed the idols at the Rashmi Sangha Durga Puja Committee in Dhubri in October.
It is to be mentioned that Basak collected the waste electrical wires from roads, dustbins, waste collectors and accumulated more than 140 kg to give a shape to the idols which took him more than sixty days.
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The Assam Book of Records (ABR) congratulates Basak and honours him with a World Record Certificate.