Staff Report
Badin
Massive swarms of locusts appeared in the skies of Badin, Tando Bago, Talhar, Kadhan, Shadi Large and other surrounding outskirts of district Badin. The massive swarms invaded cultivated fields, trees and vegetation, eating away green leaves, bark and grass in the district.
The insects attacked vast areas in Jhudo, Khoski, Nindo, Kadhan, Bhugra Memon, Shadi Large and other towns of district Badin Talhar, Tando Bago and other talukas as farmers watched helplessly the trees and standing crops being denuded of green leaves and bark.
The locust swarms also ate away bushes and grass, which was fodder for animals. Peoples in Badin district told journalists that the insects in their millions attacked standing crops in Tando Bago, Shadi Large, Pangrio, Khoski, Malkani Sharif and other areas of the district.
