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Survey finds India free of locusts ahead of Kharif crop season
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted by the Locust Warning Organisation-Jodhpur, which is under the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from desert locust activities during the first fortnight of April.
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Survey reveals India free from locusts as farmers sow Kharif crops
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a piece of good news for farmers, who are busy sowing Kharif crops presently, a survey has revealed that the country continues to be free of locusts, which had emerged as a grave threat to farm output a couple of years back.
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Locusts are voracious in nature and are known for their vegetation-destroying abilities and their large-scale presence may pose a potential threat to food security.
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Gehlot requests PM Modi to declare 'locust attack' national disaster
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to declare the locust attack a national disaster which will strengthen the capability of states to fight this menace.
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Raja
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Locust control operations have been carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana during the night of July 30, and have so far covered over 4.56 hectares in 10 states, a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfa
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Haryana: Locust attack thwarted in Pilani village after timely interventio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pilani (Haryana) [India], July 29 (ANI): The locals of the Pillani village of Haryana controlled locust attacks last night with timely help from the administration.
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Locust control operations carried out in over 3.70 lakh hectares from Apri
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Locust control operations have been carried out in more than 3.70 lakh hectares of 10 states between April 11 and July 19 this year.
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Locust control: Insecticide sprayed on fields in Jaisalmer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 18 (ANI): Insecticides were sprayed on fields at Eka village in Jaisalmer district as part of the locust control operation on Saturday.
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Haryana braces for more locust attacks, meeting with CM Khattar tomorrow:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 16 (ANI): A meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and other senior officials will be held tomorrow to discuss locust attacks in the state, said Jai Prakash Dalal, State Agricultural Minister on Thursday.
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Locusts leave behind trail of destruction in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): A swarm of locusts has left behind a trail of destruction in half a dozen blocks of Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.
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Locust control: Chemical spraying in targeted areas begins, Bell Helicopte
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A Bell Helicopter took its first sortie in Banda area of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan on Saturday and completed its mission of chemical spraying in targeted areas and check damage to crops from locust attacks.
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Helicopters deployed in Jaisalmer to combat locust attack
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 4 (ANI): As swarms of locusts continue to be a menace across the country, the locusts' control authorities in Jaisalmer is using helicopters to spray pesticides on a wide scale.
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