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locust

More swarms expected; tech keeps locusts at bay

A swarm of locusts seen around Aliganj and Vikas nagar areas in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on July 12, 2020.
india news
Updated on Jul 24, 2020 05:49 am IST

Locusts arrive in Gujarat from Somalia via Pakistan

Swarms of locust in Bikaner. Locust swarms are reportedly damaging crops around the area creating a threat on the livelihood of farmers.
india news
Updated on Jul 16, 2020 06:45 am IST

Fighting locusts: Govt carries out operation covering 3 lakh hectare area across states

A man holds a locust in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
india news
Updated on Jul 14, 2020 05:47 pm IST

Locusts leave behind trail of destruction in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district

Farmers in various parts of the state have been using different tactics, including desperate measures -- beating steel utensils during late afternoons and evenings, playing loud music at night, creating wood-fire and running the tractor inside their fields -- to scare away the locusts.
lucknow news
Published on Jul 12, 2020 10:32 am IST

Declare locust menace a national disaster, Rajasthan minister urges Centre

Giving information about crop loss in the state due to locusts, state agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria asked the Agriculture Insurance Company to pay the outstanding insurance claim of Rs 380 crore for Kharif-2019 of farmers as soon as possible.
jaipur news
Published on Jul 11, 2020 10:09 am IST
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