Tag: locusts attack

A spokesperson of NDMA has said that swarms of locusts have spread to 52 districts of the country including 31 in Balochistan, 10 districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six in Sindh and five districts in Punjab.

The NDMA said that the Balochistan province remained most affected with 27 of its districts facing locusts attack.

Sindh government has demanded the federal authorities to provide more resources to the province in order to tackle locusts (the crop-eating insects) attack

The swarms of destructive grasshoppers also disturbed a cricket match at the National Stadium of Karachi between Sindh and Northern teams.

Sindh governor directed the Commissioner Karachi to take all possible steps to protect the crops from locusts attacks

However, the organizers facing a challenging situation posed by the landing of large swarms of locusts at the venue of the meeting of the PPP chairman.

Earlier in this month, locusts, a specie of grasshoppers, reportedly eat up crops, grass and shrubs in some villages of Nagarparkar and Islamkot talukas of Thar region.

Swarms of locusts have spread to several districts of Sindh including Nawabshah, Naushehro Feroz, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Jamshoro after initially descending in Khairpur from Balochistan, sparking fears of large-scale crop devastation in barrage areas of the province.