Spraying seeds from the sky to raise forests
The HinduA city based technology start up has come up with an innovative idea of aerial seeding campaign as solution for the re-forestation challenge. Marut Drones, which had earlier deployed drones successfully in agricultural operations and for delivery of vaccines, is now using them for greening large swathes of denuded forest lands through its ‘Hara Bhara’ initiative. Our aim is to accelerate the target of 33% green cover throughout the country by dispersal of seed balls in the inaccessible forest areas, using drones,” explained Prem Kumar Vislawath, Founder and Chief Innovator of Marut Drones. Marut Drones has engaged the services of local people, self help groups and NGOs in preparation of seed balls, and identified the locations for dispersal with aid from the Forest department. “We have been given 12,000 hectares of forest land in 12 districts by the Forest department, where we aim to fire a total of 50 lakh seed balls.
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