Menacing! Indian capital appear more government attaches a lot of locust swarms ring equipment
The Indian government said on the 27th local time that a large number of locust swarms had entered Gurgaon, Pawar, and Dwarka in the capital area of Delhi that day and were moving towards Uttar Pradesh.
According to the Mint News, the locust swarm was formed on the morning of the 26th and was first discovered in Rajasthan. Local locust eradication operations were deployed. The remaining locusts then regrouped and reached Haryana and Delhi. The Gurgaon City Government issued an early warning to the public on the 26th, suggesting that the public should be alert to possible locust swarms, and close doors and windows to make noise to avoid locusts staying.
On the afternoon of the 27th, a large number of locust swarms appeared in Gurgaon, Parva, and Dwarka, Delhi, and moved towards Uttar Pradesh. Videos uploaded by local residents to social media show that swarms of locusts were flying densely through the air, and people drove locusts by knocking on utensils and making noise. The Delhi government held an emergency meeting on the afternoon of the 27th to discuss how to deal with the threat of the desert locust in the capital. According to reports, locusts generally fly during the day and settle down after dark in the evening. The locust control team keeps tracking them and starts eradicating operations while the locusts stop.
The desert locust is an insect under the genus Desert locust, which can form dense locust swarms. It is extremely mobile and can fly 150 kilometers a day with the help of wind. The size of the locust swarm ranges from less than one square kilometer to more than 1,000 square kilometers. The kilometers vary. There may be 40 to 80 million adult locusts per square kilometer. The food that each locust eats every day is equivalent to the daily ration of 35,000 people, and the locust swarm will have a devastating effect on the food security of the affected areas. (Reporter Li Lin from the main station)