Dubai Municipality reported that it is implementing an integrated work system and an emergency plan that enables it to face locusts and agricultural pests at any time, stressing that the situation is currently stable and there are no locusts in the emirate.
The municipality assured «Emirates Today» that it has a system of precise procedures and an approved plan to deal with the spread of agricultural pests, which, during the recent period, immediately after locusts gathering locusts in several regions, they confronted them by allocating control teams to deal with and follow them, and to respond to inquiries The public about it, and it turns out that these swarms are mobile, and have settled in the city of Dubai only in some few areas, and they were combated over three days to make sure they are eliminated, and conducting several surveys and exploration to ensure that there are no parts of these swarms in some areas.
Dubai Municipality denied the information that was circulated recently, and videos warning community members of the spread of locusts in areas of Dubai, stressing that what was circulated is old, dating back to the date of 24 of last month, and that the Emirate of Dubai is currently free of locust gatherings.
She stressed that the situation is currently stable, and there are no swarms of locusts currently in the Emirate of Dubai, and called upon all members of society when seeing such cases to locate the locust gathering, and direct reporting through the call center on the number «800900», and the municipality will move urgently to the site and deal with the situation According to the procedures followed, and stressed the need not to circulate such sections that cause fear among members of society, and to return to the Dubai Municipality when you need to inquire about these phenomena.
Video clips
Recently, videos showing desert locusts flying heavily on the roads and in the skies of some areas, accompanied by a warning to members of society, including demanding to close windows and doors and not open them, and identified areas such as Al Barsha, Palm Jumeirah, and Dubai Marina, and after reviewing these sections it turned out to be old On May 24, one of them was in the Dubai Marina area, where the city of Dubai was exposed to the passage of a number of moving desert locusts, as a result of the emirate's exposure to active southeastern winds, which helped the desert locust move from the breeding areas in the eastern Arabian Gulf and its passage in the Emirate of Dubai.