Tag: Locust

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will soon issue an advisory in the form of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with possible invasion of locust swarms. As per the latest information and warning issued by the Centre and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), swarms of locusts are likely to reach Odisha in June and may affect crops in […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Agriculture department issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the impending swarm of locusts in the State. The Agriculture department Secretary, Suresh Kumar Vashishth said, “We have appointed nodal officers for all the districts and sensitized them on how to deal with the locust swarm. Control rooms are created in all districts to […]

Lucknow: Several districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Bhadohi, Azamgarh and Ambedkar Nagar, have been facing locust attacks in the past 48 hours. In Uttar Pradesh, desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) swarms have invaded several districts in the past 48 hours and attacked trees and crops. The UP Agriculture Department said that the […]