Hyderabad based start up uses drones to plant forests
The Hindu
Rana Daggubati flags off first ‘seedcopter’
A 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.
Film actor Rana Daggubati flagged off the first ‘seedcopter’-- drone with seed balls-- on Friday, kicking off the campaign in Telangana. The first payload of 1.5 lakh seed balls was delivered in the KBR National Park in the city.
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