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No locust adults or hoppers spotted in any of the affected areas
Starting from 11th April, 2020 till 25thAugust, 2020, control operations have been done in 2,79,066 hectares area in States of…
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Locust control operations carried out at 10 places in 5 districts of Rajasthan and 2 places in Kutch district of Gujarat yesterday
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 18th August 2020, locust control operations have been done in 2,76,267 hectares area in States…
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Locust control operations undertaken in more than 5.22 lakh hectares area in 10 states from 11th April till 8th August 2020
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 8th August 2020, locust control operations have been done in 2,58,406 hectares area in States…
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana during night of 30th-31st July, 2020
Locust control operations were carried out at 34 places in 09 districts viz. Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Hanumangarh,…
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 10 districts of Rajasthan and Gujarat during night of 26th-27th July 2020
Locust control operations were carried out at 36 places in 09 districts viz. Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu, Hanumangarh and…
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Locust control operations have been done in 3,83,631 hectares area of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Bihar till 21st July 2020
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 21st July 2020, control operations have been done in 1,95,450 hectares area in States of…
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Locust control operations carried out in more than 3.70 lakh hectares areaof Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Biharfrom 11th April to 19th July 2020
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 19th July 2020, locust control operations have been done in 1,86,787hectares area in States of…
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Locust control operations carried out in more than 3.5 lakh hectares area of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bihar till 16th July 2020
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 16th July 2020, locust control operations have been done in 1,76,055 hectares area in…
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Locust control operations carried out in around 3 lakh hectares area in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bihar
Starting from 11th April, 2020 till 12th July, 2020, control operations have been done in 1,60,658hectares area in States of Rajasthan,…
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Continuous action is being taken to control locust swarms in India
As per the instructions of Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, continuous action is being taken…
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New dimension added in locust control activities – Chemical spraying in targeted areas started with a Bell Helicopter taking its first sortie in 65 RD Banda area of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan
Control operations to check damage to crops from locust attacks are continuing. Yesterday (04.07.2020), a new dimension was added in…
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Locust control operations carried out in 1,32,777 hectares in India
Locust control operations have been done in 1,32,777 hectares area in States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh…
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Locust swarm from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan has moved in three groups towards Gurugram and Palwal in Haryana and from there towards Uttar Pradesh
Locust swarm was noticed in Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) in the morning of 26th June 2020 and control teams were deployed to eliminate…
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Under Make in India initiative in locust control, trials of prototype vehicle mounted ULV sprayer have been successfully conducted in Ajmer and Bikaner; approvals required for commercial launch are underway
To overcome the limitation of importing equipment, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW), under Make in India initiative, has…
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