The Green India Challenge (GIC) launched its eighth edition at Keesaragutta on Sunday, with founder and former MP J Santosh Kumar planting saplings. The initiative, which began seven years ago, has resulted in planting over 20 crore saplings across India.
This movement emphasizes that creating a green India is an ongoing process, where each act of planting contributes to the collective effort of safeguarding and nurturing our planet for future generations, he said.
Tharoor also expressed happiness at having the opportunity to plant a sapling as part of the Challenge, initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J. Santosh Kumar. Other members of the committee, Mahua Moitra, Syed Zafar Islam
Hundreds of organisations and individuals including Ministers and celebrities take part in massive plantation drive, with many of them flooding social media with selfies taken next to the saplings
