Sasthana Mitraru Team creates Awareness for Forest Growth through Seed Ball Culture
Udupi: In an attempt to increase green cover through seed ball culture for sustainable forest growth, a like-minded youth group called Sastana Mitraru, is working towards promoting cleanliness, and other task oriented activities.
The group organized seed ball making programme on Sunday May 28 at Seva Sangama Sastan here.
The objective of the seed ball preparation programme is to protect the environment by increasing tree cover. The programme is part of the organization’s aim to plant a maximum number of saplings in the district.
The balls will be made with seeds of fruit-yielding plants mixed with soil, dung, and cow urine. The seeds chosen will be of those trees which are known to grow in the local area.
These seed balls will later be thrown or sown under the soil during the monsoon so that they can grow into trees.
Around 2200 seed balls were prepared in two hours. The preparation began in the evening at 5:00 pm and concluded at 7:00 pm. People of all ages are welcome to the programme and requested to join hands for the initiative of preparing seed balls.
The programme was launched in the presence of Vidwan Dr Vijay Manjar, RJ Nayana, RJ Rashmi, Dr Usha Hemanth Kumar.
Vinayachandra the leader of the initiative said that Under this initiative, medicinal plants, shrubs, fruit-bearing and environmentally sustainable seed varieties will be planted through seed ball culturing. With the support and association of several organizations, we can increase the momentum, awareness and fight against global, local climate change due to bad practises. With this green initiative, the bird population will also increase and create a natural green environment. Seed ball culture is an innovative method to create the sustainable forest, he added.