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In Garh, swarms perched on trees were removed

Farmers in Rajasthan are helping authorities of the Farming Department in their operations to control locust swarms, which have topped 20 districts, positioning a threat to the plant life. The officials have been ruining locusts with insecticide, mostly in night-long operations.

Agriculture Minister Lal Chand Kataria had actually recently asked the officials to notify the farmers and get their “active cooperation” in the anti-locust operations. In a midnight operation in Garh village in Bassi tehsil of Jaipur district, locusts perched on neem and acacia trees. They were almost entirely eliminated in a 42- hectare area on Thursday.

Assistant Director (Farming) Rekha Chaudhary, who led the operation, told The Hin