Risk Of Locust Attack; Order Released To Stay Alert To Agri. Department:

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published January 22, 2020 | 03:43 PM

The Deputy Commissioner Sargodha has expressed apprehension that after damaging the crops in Bhakhar and Khushab district it was high risk of damaging the crops in Sargodha district by locust attck

SARGODHA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2020 ) :The Deputy Commissioner Sargodha has expressed apprehension that after damaging the crops in Bhakhar and Khushab district it was high risk of damaging the crops in Sargodha district by locust attck.

The district administration has red released alert to the agricultural and other concerned institutions to deal with the expected attack of locust. It was revealed in a meeting presided over by the deputy commissioner Abdullah Nayyer Skeikh on Tuesday.

The meeting was attended by ADCR Captain � Shoaib Ali, ADCG Bilal Feroz, ADC Finance Yasir Bhatti, assistant commissioners of all 6 Tehsils and officers of agriculture, plant protection and local government.

According to the red alert of PMDA, during the next two days it was expected the locust will attack the scattered green areas of Tehsil Sahiwal, Sillanwali and at the adjoining areas of River Jhelum.

The Deputy Commissioner had directed the officers of agriculture for starting exigent awareness drive to tell the cultivators regarding the expected damages by the locust attack while the deputy commissioner has also directed the department to red alert of machineries, vehicles and staff to be prepared for spray on crops.

He also directed the secretaries of union councils of local government department to making announcements at Mosques while he ordered for delivering pamphlets among the people and cultivators regarding the instruction of securing the crops from locust attack.

Briefing the meeting PDMA has told that locust entered in Balochistan and Sindh province from Iran and now it was damaging the green areas of Bhakhar (Punjab) adding that the locust lays eggs in desert areas now it was expected that it would lay eggs in Sargodha, Sahiwal and Tehsil Sillawali .