Ganjam: CM Congratulates Berhampur ITI Students for Creating Giant 6.9m Fishing Bait

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated the students of Berhampur Industrial Training Institute (ITI) for creating a giant 6.9 meter-long fishing lure (bait) from metal waste, which aims to find mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.

“Appreciation to the students of Govt ITI, Berhampur for creating a giant 6.9m fishing lure from metal waste & eying to make it to Guinness Book of World Records”, the CM tweeted.

Appreciation to the students of Govt ITI, Berhampur for creating a giant 6.9m fishing lure from metal waste & eying to make it to Guinness Book of World Records. #SkilledInOdisha youths using their skills to create best out waste is indeed praiseworthy. https://t.co/30Evqf20hX

— CMO Odisha (@CMO_Odisha) January 4, 2020

The SkilledInOdisha youths using their skills to create best out waste is indeed praiseworthy, Naveen expressed.

The fishing lure sculpture created by the young students of the Berhampur ITI is 6.9 metres in length, 91 cm in width, and having a 101.6 cm hook at its bottom.

Metal waste from a demolished hostel building of the institute was used as raw material by students of the welder, painter and fitter trades. They designed it manually without help of computer aided designing.

More than 100 students took 40 days to construct this huge metal fishing lure from waste in 40 days.

Rajat Kumar Panigrahy, Principal of this ITI , has applied to the Guinness records authorities for verification and recognition of the record-breaking feat.

The current world record for largest fishing lure is in the name of Ethan Sparks of Texas, U.S.A, with the dimensions of 4.74 metres length, 67.97 cm width and a hook measuring 48.77 cm at its bottom.