KVK, Kalikiri organized vanamahotsavam in their farm by planting 200 sapota and 200 guava graftings along the hill slope. Dr. T. Giridhar Krishna ADR, RARS, Tirupati and Sri C. Reddeppa reddy  Member, Board of Management, ANGRAU were the chief guests of the programme.

                                   Dr. T. Giridhar Krishna ADR, RARS, Tirupati planting the sapota graft

                            Sri C. Reddeppa reddy  Member, Board of Management, ANGRAU planting the sapota graft

Gravitational drip system was also established for the trees by installing 5000 litres sintex tank at the hill top. Addressing on the occasion Dr. T. Giridhar Krishna explained the importance of tree planting in maintaining ecological balance. He also stressed the concept of climate change and its implications on agricultural production and productivity. He appreciated the efforts of KVK staff for taking up vanamahotsavam in their farm premises.

KVK Programme coordinator, Dr. P. V. Satyagopal and staff members  Sri. N. Suresh Smt. P. Sandhya and Sri. P. Parthasarathi also participated in the programme.  Sri Rajasekhar Naidu, DAATTC coordinator; Dr. S.V. Prasad, Professor and Head, Dept of Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupathi; Dr. T. Muralikrishna, Principal Scientist, Plant Protection, RARS, Tirupathi; Dr. V. Munaswamy, Principal, Agricultural Polytechnic College and Dr. G. Prabhakar reddy, Professor, Agricultural Polytechnic College were also participated in the programme