AMN / NEW DELHI
Union Agriculture Ministry has said that locust control operations have been carried out in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana. The operation was carried out at 37 places during the night of 30th and 31st July.
Besides this, Haryana State Agriculture Department also carried out control operation at one place in Bhiwani district against small groups and scattered population of locusts.
The Ministry said, starting from 11th April to 30th July, the locust control operations have been done in an area over two lakh 26 thousand hectares in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana by Locust Circle Offices.
Presently, 104 control teams with spray vehicles are deployed in Rajasthan and Gujarat, and more than 200 Central Government personnel are engaged in locust control operations. The Ministry said, no significant crop losses have been reported in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Haryana. However, some minor crop losses have been reported in some districts of Rajasthan.