Hyderabad, Aug. 30 -- The Telangana government on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind project under which drones will be used for planting trees under the 'Hara Bhaara' campaign. The new initiative aims to plant 50 lakh trees in 12,000 hectares of land in forests across all the 33 districts of the state.

In a press release, the Telangana government stated that its ITE&C and forest departments have partnered with Marut Drones, a Hyderabad-based drone technology startup, to launch the drone-based afforestation project called 'Hara Bhara'.

The Seedcopter Drone, as it is called and which is made by Marut Drones, was unveiled by state IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Monday, at the launch of 'AgHub' in theProfessor Jayashankar Telangana Stat...