Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Green India Challenge Begins Sixth Year of Jammi Sapling Drive
Green India Challenge has started its Jammi tree planting campaign for the sixth year in a row.
The campaign asks people to plant Jammi saplings in villages and at temples across Telangana.
Joginipally Santosh Kumar and Kotha Prabhakar Reddy began the drive by planting a sapling at a temple.
They also showed the campaign poster.
Santosh Kumar said the group would take responsibility for the effort.
Jammi is Telangana’s State Tree.
The state’s former chief minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao, declared it the State Tree after Telangana was formed.
Green India Challenge launched its statewide Jammi sapling programme for the sixth consecutive year.
The campaign is titled “Oori Ooriko Jammi Chettu, Gudi Gudiko Jammi Chettu.”
Founder Joginipally Santosh Kumar and MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy planted a sapling at a temple and unveiled the campaign poster.
Santosh Kumar urged people to plant Jammi saplings in every village and temple in Telangana.
The Telangana government recognises Jammi as the State Tree; former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao declared it so after the state was formed.
- Who
- Green India Challenge, founder Joginipally Santosh Kumar, and MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy.
- What
- The sixth annual statewide Jammi sapling plantation programme was launched.
- When
- The source does not specify the launch date; it says this is the sixth consecutive year.
- Where
- Telangana; the launch included planting a sapling at a temple.
- Why
- To restore the Jammi tree’s spiritual significance and encourage planting in villages and temples.
- Campaign
- “Oori Ooriko Jammi Chettu, Gudi Gudiko Jammi Chettu”
- Campaign year
- Sixth consecutive year
- Organiser
- Green India Challenge
- Launch participants
- Joginipally Santosh Kumar and MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
- Planting goal
- A Jammi sapling in every village and temple across Telangana
- State Tree
- Jammi; declared Telangana’s State Tree by then Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao after the state was formed