‘Locust swarms being monitored’

Commissioner Asif Iqbal Chaudhry has said continuous monitoring was underway in the division to stop growth and reproduction of locust.

While presiding over a meeting at the Conference Room of his office on Friday, he said the Cholistan Development Authority has conducted a survey on 721,000 hectares of land in Cholistan. Plant Protection Department also conducted a survey at an area of 591,000 hectares and no growth of locust was found.

Commissioner told that an area of 20,000 hectares was sprayed with pesticides near Rahim Yar Khan in Cholistan recently. He highlighted that all the concerned departments are in liaison with each other against locust.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 22^nd, 2020.