Our Correspondent
Hyderabad
Sindh Agriculture Minister Muhammad Ismail Rahu vowed to utilize all available resources in combating locust swarms that involved in devastating the standing crops in the province.
The experts predicted ten times high breeding of locust this year therefore the months of June, July and August are crucial to stop breeding of locusts before implanting major crops of cotton and rice in Sindh, the minister emphasized this while presiding over meeting of the officers at the office of Sindh Agriculture Extension here at Shahbaz Building on Tuesday.
The stoppage of locusts breeding could be effective in desert areas, therefore the provincial government has decided to initiate immediate steps in this regard with utilization of all available resources, the minister said and asked the officers concerned to realize their responsibility and employ their experience in meeting out the challenge of combating locusts breeding in desert areas of Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirablad and Sukkur divisions.
