Gujarat's standing summer crop at risk as state braces for locust attack

Around 33 teams in Banaskantha, 15 in Patan and 10 in Mehsana districts have been formed to oversee the locust situation, apart from ensuring supply of pesticides

Already reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, Gujarat is now bracing for a possible locust attack, which could destroy standing crops in the field. 

The state’s agricultural department has received a warning on the same from the Locust Control Office (LCO) of the Union agriculture ministry. According to agriculture department officials, around 33 teams in Banaskantha, 15 in Patan, and 10 in Mehsana districts have been formed to oversee the locust situation, apart from ensuring the supply of pesticides.

Locust swarms from Pakistan have already entered Rajasthan and are likely to fly further in two directions — towards northern parts of