Ambika, a teacher from Government School, Bokkapatna, had read in the newspaper about the seed ball campaign and had found it interesting. Hence, she turned up along with her friend Asha Nagaraj, a homemaker, at the Canara Girls School grounds in Dongarkery for seed ball preparation on Sunday morning.
Nearly 100 people took part in the activity of seed ball preparation held jointly by the Saavayava Krishika Mattu Grahakara Balaga, Uttista Bharata, and Lions Club here.
Anil Rao, a member of the balaga who is coordinating the activity, said the seed ball making activity on Sunday was the first in the series of weekly programmes to be held in different parts of the city till June. They have planned to prepare around 50,000 seed balls and start using it in plain and other lands soon after two heavy rain days by the end of June, he said.
The seed balls are prepared by placing a seed in the balls prepared from a mixture of cow dung, red soil, and cow urine. On Sunday, participants placed seeds of honge, tamarind, and jamoon fruit. “These are seeds of trees that are suited for this region,” said Ashwin Kumar, a resident of Bantwal, who is a member of Uttista Bharata that started seed ball campaign in Bengaluru two years ago.
Among those who participated in seed ball making activity included Satvik K., a Class IV student from Sharada Vidyalaya. “This is a good pastime on a Sunday,” he said and added that he had no inhibition in making seed balls.
Savayava Balaga hopes to have more people for the seed ball making activity to held in the next few days at the Mata Amrutanandamayi School premises in Bolur. Seed ball making activity will be held in Udupi on May 21.
