Signal Maharashtra Governor Launches Month-Long Drive to Plant One Million Trees in Nagpur

Summary

Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma launched a month-long tree-planting campaign in Nagpur on August 1, 2026, aiming to plant 1 million saplings—500,000 within the city and 500,000 across the surrounding district—by August 30. The drive is jointly organized by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Nagpur Improvement Trust, district administration, Zilla Parishad, the forest department, and the Green Foundation. The forest department is supplying 500,000 saplings, the Raisoni Group has pledged 100,000, environmental expert Dr. Chinchmalatpure has committed 50,000, and mining companies MOIL and Western Coalfields Limited are providing financial support. Native and fruit-bearing species including banyan, peepal, tamarind, neem, mango, and jamun are among those being planted. The initiative is a component of the broader "Green Nagpur" vision that federal road transport minister Nitin Gadkari announced in June 2026, which targets planting 2.5 million trees across the city. The launch ceremony was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other senior state officials.