MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051722 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 23, for 'irrigation control and water replenishment system and method thereof.'

Inventor(s) include M. Asha Jerlin; and Shailendra Kumar C S.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A system (100) and a method (200) for irrigation control and water replenishment includes sensors (102) to measure hydration level in soil, monitors environmental conditions, detecting water level in a storage tank; a first pump (104) for pumping water to plants; a second pump...