Hyderabad, July 22 -- The Green India Challenge (GIC) will launch its ninth edition from the confluence of the Godavari and Manjara rivers in Maharashtra on July 24, with a mission to plant and nurture 9.9 million native trees across the Godavari basin.

The initiative, described as one of the world's largest citizen-led climate action movements, aims to mobilise five million volunteers for the plantation drive, which will extend along both banks of the Godavari from Basar to Trimbakeshwar and across the Manjara and Pranahita basins.

The inaugural programme will be led by GIC Founder and former MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar and will mark the 50th birthday of Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President K T Rama Rao.

The initiative has been l...