The threat of locusts, which have gotten into large swathes of land in Rajasthan and got in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, is larger this year in comparison with the damage triggered to standing crops in a limited area in 2019.
The Union Farming Ministry’s Locust Caution Organisation (LWO), headquartered in Jodhpur, said on Wednesday that the locusts that came last year, after a gap of 26 years, were mature and had affected 12 districts of the State. Dr. Gurjar said the reproducing grounds in Balochistan were accountable for the movement of 10 to 12- day-old locusts towards the Thar desert, from where they were flying huge ranges in search