Vijayawada, July 26 -- Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan today directed the officials concerned to expedite the seed balls scattering programme in order to increase forest cover.
The Deputy CM held a meeting with the officials here and reviewed various issues including scattering of seed balls to grow forest cover. He also reviewed the district-wise seed ball distribution, scattering programme and use of drone technology with senior Forest department officials in afternoon.
Speaking on the occasion, Pawan Kalyan, also Minister for Forests, told the officials that drones should be used to speed up the seed ball dropping programme in areas where forests have been depleted. He noted that the seed ball scattering programme i...