The year 2020 seems to have only issue after issue for humanity and especially India. Amid the ongoing outbreak of the COVID-19 Novel Corona Virus Pandemic, India has also faced the heat of the Amphan Super Cyclone and the Vizag Gas Leak, among many other such problems. The latest to haunt our minds is the sudden locust attack on agricultural crops in over 13 districts, across 4 states of our country! Swarms of locusts have suddenly appeared out of somewhere and are destroying valuable agricultural produce across our country and the experts are looking at all possible ways to combat these! Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare has formed a Committee to address this locusts issue!

We hear that this Special Committee is looking at using Drones and special planes to spray insecticides to combat these locust swarms. An Additional Secretary will be heading this Committee and they are already in talks to procure the equipment for these measures. Drones would be used to spray insecticides on tall trees and inaccessible areas while helicopters would be used for covering large areas, to spray insecticides! This latest locust infestation is said to be the worst in our country in the last 27 years and the threat is high as these Desert Locusts have the capacity to destroy hundreds of hectares of crops in just a day. 11 Regional Control Rooms have been established to review the locust control operations and with the help of pesticide sprays, the infestation has been contained within regions of Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat! Our Indian Government has reached out to procure 15 air sprayers from the UK and a further 45 more from other places. Stay tuned for updates...