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Declare locust attack a national calamity, Rajasthan Min writes to PM
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Rajasthan revenue minister Harish Chaudhary has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to declare locust attack in the state as a national calamity.
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Alert issued in Haryana in view of locust attack
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Jai Prakash Dalal on Thursday said that an alert has been issued in the state after the reports of locust attack in Punjab and Rajasthan and that the teams have been formed to stop locust attack an
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Locust-hit Barmer farmers stage protest, demand special relief package
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan ) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Gudamalani of Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday held a day-long demonstration, demanding compensation for their crops lost in the locust attack.
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Rajasthan minister writes to PM Modi over locust attack
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Rajasthan revenue minister Harish Chaudhary has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to declare the cases of locust attack as a national calamity.
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Joint operation wipes out locust in 2 Punjab villages
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A joint operation, launched on the orders, of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, has completely wiped out locust from two affected villages, along the India-Pakistan border in Fazilka district.
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Pak declares national emergency to combat locusts
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to combat swarms of desert locusts destroying crops on a large scale in the eastern province of Punjab, local media reported.
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Massive locust invasion contained in Rajasthan's Ganganagar, say officials
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Massive Locust invasion which was threatening the crops of Ganganagar farmers and other nearby areas, has been contained by the state agriculture department.
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Capt Amarinder requests PM Modi to take up locust menace in Punjab with Pa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Concerned over the spate of locust attacks on crops in areas of south Punjab, bordering Rajasthan, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct External Affairs ministry and the Indian High Commissio
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BJP MLA brings basket of locusts in Rajasthan Assembly, seeks compensation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): BJP MLA Bihari Lal Nokha on Friday arrived at Rajasthan Assembly with a basket of locusts, apparently to draw the state government's attention to the growing menace after its attack was reported from parts of Rajasthan.
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No incidence of locust attack in Punjab, says Agriculture Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The state's Agriculture Department on Thursday said that no case of locust entering Punjab has been reported so far.
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Rajasthan CM meets locust-attack affected farmers in Barmer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 03 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday met the farmers of Barmer whose crops have been ravaged due to a locust attack, the worst in about two decades.
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Rajasthan: CM urges PM Modi to coordinate with Pakistan to control locust
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting the Central government to coordinate with Pakistan and other neighbouring countries to control the menace locust.
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