Archive · 27 Jul 2026
Green India Challenge Plants 10,000 Mangroves in Sundarbans
On International Mangrove Day, the Green India Challenge planted 10,000 mangrove saplings in the Sundarbans, the world's largest tidal forest.
This effort involved over 500 people, including the Mangrove Army and tiger widows who lost their husbands to tiger attacks.
The Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage site that protects the Bengal coast from cyclones and stores a lot of carbon.
The planting was led by Shri Joginipalli Santosh Kumar, the founder of the Green India Challenge.
The project aims to empower local communities and protect the environment.
The Green India Challenge is a big movement that encourages people to plant trees and take care of them.
10,000 mangrove saplings were planted in the Sundarbans on International Mangrove Day.
The planting was done by over 500 members of the Mangrove Army and tiger widows.
The Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage site that protects the Bengal coast from cyclones and stores a lot of carbon.
The Green India Challenge, founded by Shri Joginipalli Santosh Kumar, aims to empower local communities and protect the environment.
The project is part of a larger effort to plant a billion trees by 2031.
- Who
- Green India Challenge, Mangrove Army, tiger widows, Shri Joginipalli Santosh Kumar, Shri Umashankar Mandal, Shri Krishna Teja Reddy
- What
- Planting of 10,000 mangrove saplings in the Sundarbans
- When
- International Mangrove Day
- Where
- Sundarbans, West Bengal, India
- Why
- To restore and protect the Sundarbans, a climate-vulnerable landscape, and empower local communities, particularly tiger widows.
Community Empowerment
Environmental Conservation
Role of Tiger Widows
Community Empowerment
The tiger widows are empowered by participating in the planting, transforming from victims to guardians of the forest.
Environmental Conservation
The involvement of tiger widows highlights the importance of community engagement in environmental conservation efforts.
Focus of the Green India Challenge
Community Empowerment
The Green India Challenge focuses on community empowerment and social justice, giving marginalized groups a voice and purpose.
Environmental Conservation
The primary goal is environmental conservation, with community involvement being a means to achieve broader ecological goals.
- Date
- International Mangrove Day
- Location
- Sundarbans, West Bengal, India
- Number of Mangroves Planted
- 10,000
- Participants
- 500+ members of the Mangrove Army and tiger widows
- Founder of Green India Challenge
- Shri Joginipalli Santosh Kumar
- Carbon Storage
- Up to four times more carbon per hectare than tropical rainforests
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Sundarbans
- Organisation
- Igniting Minds Organisation