SUKKUR: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Ismail Rahu has warned of a severe and devastating locust attack in upcoming weeks in 15 districts of the province.
The provincial minister expressed grave concern over the locust swarms and criticized the federal government for not taking the issue seriously despite various warnings from experts.
“Fresh attacks might be more serious and devastating as compared to the previous, when crops were badly attacked and devoured by the large swarms in a number of districts of Sindh.”, he added.
Elaborating Sindh government’s efforts to tackle the issue, Rahu said the provincial government had already allocated funds to purchase the required quantity of pesticides and to hire an aircraft to spray to eliminate the menace effectively at their breeding time.
He also informed that despite limited resources, Sindh government is managing to exterminate the insects from the province.
