Andhra Pradesh: Call for Use of Drones to Assess Crop Damage
Technology tamfitronics Vijayawada: Agriculture special chief secretary Budithi Rajasekhar has called for the use of technology, such as drones and remote sensing, to assess the extent of agricultural fields inundated due to incessant rains and floods.Agriculture director S. Dilli Rao held a teleconference with all the agriculture officers in the state on Sunday to discuss the steps to be taken to protect crops following a reduction in rainfall as the depression crossed the coast. Some officials noted that the rainfall would benefit crops in the north coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema districts.Agriculture Director S. Dilli Rao urged officials to take advantage of the rains in the north coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions to raise crops. He reported that more crops in parts of the NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, and Eluru districts had suffered inundation, emphasising...