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Locusts invade Nepal again

Kathmandu, 12 July : .A swarm of locusts from India has invaded Nepal yet again.

According to the Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Centre (PQPMC), a swarm of locusts that were in Sitapur, Bahraich area in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh had entered Gadhawa Rural Municipality ward number 2 and 3 of Dang district  today.

The swarms of locusts that had entered Nepal earlier on June 27 had damaged crops in  Makwanpur, Dang, Pyuthan, Arghakhanchi and Palpa, among others.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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