Teams formed to control locusts

Punjab agriculture says teams to monitor locusts' movement in Bahawalpur, DG Khan, Multan and other divisions

BAHAWALPUR: Provincial Secretary Agriculture Wasif Khursheed has said that his department had formed teams to monitor locusts' movement in Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan and other divisions. He visited Bahawalpur to hold meeting with officials. He held meetings with Commissioner Bahawalpur division, Nayyar Iqbal and officials of Agriculture Department Bahawalpur. He also visited agriculture field areas to inspect arrangement at standing crop of cotton to tackle locust threat to crops. Speaking on the occasion, he said that teams of Agriculture Department had been formed to monitor locust movement in Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan and other divisions. He said that airplanes of Federal Plant Protection Department would also be provided to Agriculture Department to control locust movement.  

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2019.