Students’ initiative to increase green cover

Members of Green Club and SLP Vaigai Ecology of The American College celebrated World Soil Day on Saturday by throwing seed balls on the bank of Kadachanendal tank. A press release said the students prepared the balls using seeds of banyan tree, tamarind tree and neem tree. Red soil and alluvial soil were mixed with water to make a mud …

Seed balls dropped with drone

Forest department launches innovative approach at Marpadaga In an innovative approach to increase the forest cover in the State, for the first time the Forest Department has used drones for dropping seed balls in interior forest areas. The experiment was successfully done at Siddipet district which would be replicated in other districts shortly Padma Shri awardee Daripalli Ramaiah also known …

Maharashtra Rajya Prathamik Shikshak Samiti, Chiplun plants 65,000 seeds

The 58th anniversary of Maharashtra Rajya Prathamik Shikshak Samiti, Chiplun was celebrated by planting 60,000 seeds of indigenous trees such as Arjun, Hirda, Baheda, Shami and Ramphal in Kumbharli Ghat near Chiplun. Many volunteers from different walks of life joined in this project carried out with full precautions as recommended for prevention of possible transmission of any infection.