All set for aerial spray to control locust summer breeding

MULTAN: Secretary Agriculture Punjab Wasif Khursheed said that spray would be made by helicopter to control summer breeding of locusts and all is set in this regard.

He said that locusts were the second natural calamity after Covid-19 and the Agriculture Department was taking all measures to control it.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, Secretary Agriculture Wasif Khursheed said that teams consisted of agriculture, PDMA, Pak Army and district administration officials were participating in surveillance and control operation of locusts.

Wasif said that big locust swarms entered Layyah, Bhakkar, Mianwali, Khushab and Jhang districts from KP while swarms of locust entered Rajanpur and DG Khan districts from Balochistan. He informed that now locust swarms were travelling to Cholistan and Thar areas after passing through Khanewal, Muzaffargarh, Lodhran, Vehari, Rajanpur, Rahimyar, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and DG Khan. He said that all preparations had been made about surveillance and control in Cholistan. He said that operational activities against locusts had continued during Eid holidays.