Chhattisgarh's Forest Department is planning extensive seed spraying of fruits and vegetables across the state in forest and nearby areas on July 11.
According to plans, a total of 50,000 kg seeds of fruit bearing trees, 6,500 kg seeds of vegetables and 25 lakh seed balls are to be sprayed.
Forest Minister Mohammed Akbar met senior officials at his official residence to review the scheduled event.
Ber (Jujube), jamun (Jambul), bel (wood apple), sitaphal (custard apple), karaunda (gooseberry), lauki (gourd), barabatti (lobia beans), baingan (brinjal), and munga (drumsticks) and others will be planted or sprayed or through seed ball spreading.
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Rakesh Chaturvedi, said that for the programme to succeed, high quality of fruit bearing tree seeds will be collected from forest and rural areas through forest management committees.
The vegetable seeds will be procured within the framework of government rules.
The target of each forest division has been fixed. The target for Baloda Bazar, Kawardha and Dhamtari is 3,000 kg of fruit bearing tree seeds, 200 kg of vegetable seeds and 1 lakh seed balls.
Gariyaband has 2,000 kg of fruit bearing tree seeds, 200 kg of vegetable seeds and 1 lakh seed balls, Chaturvedi said.