Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan calls for seedy dispersal of seed balls
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has directed forest officials to accelerate the dispersal of seed balls using drones to restore green cover. The initiative aims to combat forest degradation, though officials noted that dry spells have occasionally hindered progress.
Why it matters
This represents a significant state-led environmental restoration effort using modern technology to address climate-related forest loss.
Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Environment and Forests K. Pawan Kalyan has asked officials of the Forest Department to expedite the seed ball dispersal programme by using more drones with due focus on covering the degraded forest areas.
Seed ball dispersal was a crucial process in achieving the targets of forest restoration and 50% green cover in the State, he said while addressing a review meeting on the initiative at his camp office near Mangalagiri on Saturday.
Mr. Kalyan said the dry spells caused by El Nino were hampering the dispersal of seed balls and ordered that the activity should continue without any delay in areas receiving good rainfall. Necessary steps must be taken to protect saplings that reached germination stage, he advised.
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