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About Locusts | Invasion of grasshoppers Will Tamil Nadu be affected?#ta...







About Locusts|Invasion of grasshoppers: Will Tamil Nadu be affected?



The impact of the grasshopper invasion has been mostly in the northwestern states of India.

Rajasthan in particular is one of the most affected states.The grasshopper invasion that began in Rajasthan in May 2019 continued till February this year.As a result, 670,000 hectares of crops were damaged in the state. 1,000 crore, the loss was Rs.However, in the case of the grasshopper invasion, it is customary to confine them to Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and not to the Tamil Nadu.The Department of Agriculture has stated that to control the attack of locusts, the use of neem-based pesticides should be sprayed with malathionby large sprayers and fire trucks.Or you can get the permission from the government and spray the whole drug from the air, the Agriculture Department said.However, the Agriculture Department has continued to monitor the move by the central government and perhaps what steps should be taken in case of an attack.


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