Tag: Locust Swarm

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday chaired a high-level review meeting in view of possible locust threat to the State and directed officials to keep extreme vigilance on the movement of the swarm during the next 10 days. In view of high vulnerability to districts like Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Jharsuguda, […]

Gurugram: Swarms of locusts were reported in several parts of Gurugram district on Saturday. Locusts were seen in Rajendra Park of sector 5, Surat Nagar, Dhanwapur, Palam Vihar, Maruti factory in sector 18, Sector 17 DLF phase 1 and many other places in old and new Gurugram. Residents of Gurugram were surprised due to the […]

New York: Locust attacks are posing a serious threat to food security in parts of East Africa, India and Pakistan as a result of changing climate conditions that can be linked to human activity, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said. The specialised agency of the United Nations said extreme weather events and climatic changes […]