Bashir Ahmad Rehmani
Hafizabad
All precautionary measures were being taken by the agriculture department to save the crops and fodders for likely attack of locust in the district. In this connection a meeting was held here under the chairmanship of DC Naveed Shahzad Mirza in which Dr. Nawazish Ali Deputy Director Agriculture told the meeting that five special teams have been constituted to spray the standing crops and fodders in the district. While reviewing the arrangements made by the department, Deputy Commissioner said that growers were backbone of national economy and their rights and interests would be protected at all cost. The deputy director said that the growers in the district have been advised to inform the department in case of invasion by the locust swarm.