India Faces Locust Worst Attack in a period of 10 years.
Locust Attack: India and especially North India is being threatened by a swarm offer desert locusts which are travelling from Pakistan came to Rajasthan in febrile parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh. The experts believe that these locusts, if they affair bins are favourable, could, in fact, hurt the farmlands the crops not only in north India but also Delhi could lose a lot of green covers if they manage to reach here. This attack of the locust in our already distressed situation because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
If a pandemic was not enough a cyclone tore through Bengal and now Locust. The worst locust attack has seen in three decades till now over 1 lakh 4000 acres of cotton summer pulses and vegetable crops have been totally destroyed by locust in 6 days. To minimise crop damage state governments have activated a pesticide campaign, farmers on their own are using smoke loud noise to ward off swarms beating collies.
An enterprising farmer has set up a DJ console in his field in Uttar Pradesh. Multiple swarms of locusts have dotted northern and central India and are moving with the wind direction.