Insects swept the city at 11:30 local time (2:00 ET), Atul Kapur, founder of the social company that lives in Gurgaon, told CNN. After 15 minutes, thousands of grasshoppers settled on the porch and roof of the house before being swept by strong winds.
The last time Kapur saw a mob in the city was at least 40 years ago, he said. “As children we used to call them” tiddi “and [we] will frighten them out loud, “Kapur, 56, told CNN.
In neighboring New Delhi, the Minister of Labor and Urban Development, Gopal Rai,
share advice on Twitter, which states that all district judges in New Delhi are advised “to remain vigilant” because they are increasing efforts to control migration pests.
He added that staff would be mobilized to help guide residents and villagers on how to disperse locusts – perhaps by lighting crackers, “making high decibel sounds through drum beatings. [or] utensil, playing high volume music on a music system, “the adviser wrote.
Look for food
This happened weeks after the waves of desert grasshoppers – millions strong and stretching up to 7 kilometers (4 miles) long – crossed into the state of Rajasthan in western India from neighboring Pakistan in early May. The herd has since pushed to five different states to find food.
Grasshoppers have flown to India from their breeding areas in Pakistan, Om Prakash, a Rajasthan-based plant protection officer for the Locust Warning Organization, said
previously in June. June 20th
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The United Nations says that India must remain vigilant for the next four weeks because “groups of adults and spring flocks continue to emerge along the Indo-Pakistan border, many of which have continued further east to several states in India. north because monsoon rains haven’t arrived in Rajasthan, India. “
Desert grasshoppers are one of the most destructive migratory pests because of their speed and ability
multiply quickly. Adult grasshoppers can fly up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) a day and eat their own body weight – equivalent to 2 grams – the value of fresh vegetation in that period.
East Africa is watching
the worst locust plague in decades, after climate change and conflict helped cause a revival of biblical pests. Spraying pesticides is the most effective way to kill grasshoppers, but the coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to deal with outbreaks in the African continent.
