Bhupalpally gears up to face locust attack

Locusts might come to the district if the wind pattern is changed towards the southern side, says District Collector Mohammad Abdul Azeem

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: The district administration is taking all steps to face the possible threat from the menace of the desert locusts. District Collector Mohammad Abdul Azeem convened a meeting with the officials of the different departments at the Singareni Club House in Bhupalpally on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that the locusts might come to the district if the wind pattern is changed towards the southern side. “As per the latest information, the locusts were seen in Nagpur area in Maharashtra, if the flow of wind is towards southern side, there is possibility of coming of swarm of the locusts to our district. They will damage the standing crops and other vegetation,” he said and added that the State government had set up a State-level monitoring committee which is stationed at Ramagundam of Peddapalli district in the State.

“The locusts first have to reach Asifabad and Mancherial districts before they can come to our district. In view of this, we have formed several committees to monitor the situation. A district-level committee comprising Superintendent of Police (SP), District Additional Collector, District Agriculture Officer, District Fire Officer has been formed, while mandal level committee consisting Assistant Director, Agriculture Department, Kataram, and DSP was formed.

A village-level committee was also formed comprising Sarpanch, VRO and Panchayat Secretary to monitor the situation continuously,” he added. On the other hand, we are going to get a huge drone from Bengaluru to spray the pesticide on the locusts to kill them. It is said that 1,000 litres of Chlorpyrifos 50% EC was kept ready for spraying the swarm.

“Since, we are monitoring the situation minute to minute, people need not to worry about the menace of locust,” he added.

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