Pawan Kalyan launches drive to make 2.5 crore seed balls on World Environment Day

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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Forests and Environment Minister Pawan Kalyan launched a thrust to marque 2.5 crore effect balls astatine the Butterfly Park successful Mulapadu, NTR district, connected World Environment Day, Friday (June 5, 2026). He made effect balls himself, alongside nationalist representatives, officials, self-help radical women, students and members of voluntary organisations.

The effect balls are being made with indigenous seeds, including Ankudu (Wrightia tinctoria), neem, peepal, banyan, gooseberry and Moduga, astatine 300 locations crossed the State.

Mr. Kalyan had an enactment with the participants progressive successful the mentation of the effect balls, and urged the radical to lend to the conservation of forests. He congratulated children who explained the value of effect balls.

On the occasion, helium directed the officials to guarantee that the people (of making 2.5 crore effect balls) was achieved by June 15. He aboriginal watched effect balls being dispersed connected hilltops by drones.

He visited the stalls acceptable up by the Forest Department, and instructed the officials to person a yoga hallway constructed successful each eco-tourism park.

Later, Mr. Kalyan inspected the Tellaponiki logs utilized successful the manufacturing of Kondapalli woody toys.

He showed keen involvement successful the Kondapalli toys and kitchenware specified arsenic glasses and ladles made from Nirudu, Billa Nirudu and neem wood by artisans from Udayagiri. He was impressed by the woody watches and laptops crafted by the artisans.

Responding to the requests by artisans from Chittoor to instrumentality steps for making wood utilized successful toy-making easy available, Mr. Kalyan said helium would get a program worked retired for mounting up a wood bank. He besides said helium would enactment to supply selling and publicity for their craft, and directed officials to put for him to conscionable handicraft artisans successful 1 portion each 2 months.

Mylavaram MLA Vasantha Krishna Prasad, Principal Secretary (Environment & Forests) Kanthilal Dande, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, P.V. Chalapathi Rao, Forest Department advisor Mallikarjuna Rao and NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha were among those present.