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India sends drones to track desert locust plague

China Daily | Updated: 2020-05-28 10:57
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Laborers wearing masks shift wheat crop from a trolley to remove dust from the crop at a wholesale grain market during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chandigarh, India on April 17, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

NEW DELHI-Huge swarms of desert locusts are destroying crops across western and central India, prompting authorities on Tuesday to step up their response to the country's worst plague in nearly three decades.

Drones, tractors and cars have been sent out to track the voracious pests and spray them with pesticides. The locusts have already destroyed nearly 50,000 hectares of cropland.

"Eight to 10 swarms, each measuring around a square kilometer are active in parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh," said K.L. Gurjar, the government's Locust Warning Organization's deputy director.

The insects caused massive damage to seasonal crops in both states, devastating many farmers already struggling with the impact of a strict coronavirus lockdown.

Particularly grim situation

The situation has been particularly grim in central India's Rajasthan state, where millions of locusts have been attacking crops since April. The insects are now appearing in locations where they had not been previously sighted, nibbling their way across large swathes of farmlands in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat states, too.

They destroyed harvests in the agricultural heartlands of neighboring Pakistan in April, before entering Rajasthan.

Smaller swarms are also active in a handful of states across India, Gurjar said.

A swarm of 40 million locusts can eat as much food as 35,000 people-or six elephants-according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Residential areas in the state capital Jaipur were overwhelmed by the insects as bewildered locals banged on pots and pans to try to ward off the insects.

Experts warn the situation could worsen with more expected to reach India via Pakistan from the Horn of Africa in June.

Heavy rains and cyclones enabled unprecedented breeding and the rapid growth of locust populations on the Arabian peninsula early last year, according to the United Nations.

India has not seen locust swarms on this scale since 1993 when it experienced a widespread plague, the warning center said.

Locusts destroy crops in some parts of Rajasthan close to the border with Pakistan most years, but it is rare for the insects to move further into the state.

Wind patterns have been pushing the swarms southwest, the locust warning center said.

Agencies Via Xinhua

 

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