NO LOCUST ACTIVITY REPORTED
No locust activity
has been reported during the surveys conducted by the Locust Warning
Organization in various localities of the Scheduled Desert Area
of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rain-fall has occurred at many places
in the Scheduled Desert Area in Jodhpur, Ganganagar, Bikaner and
Churu districts of Rajasthan, and Bhuj and Deesa districts of
Gujarat. According to the Locust Situation Bulletin, issued by
the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage
of the Agriculture Ministry, solitary population of locust may
appear on a small scale in coming months, as ecological conditions
are favourable in almost all the locust prone areas of Rajasthan
and Gujarat.
