District administration Bokaro issued an advisory on preventive measures to control a probable locust attack in the district.
DDC Ravi Ranjan Mishra conducted a review meeting with the District Forest Officer, District Agricultural Officer, District Transport Officer and District Public Relations Officer to complete the preparations before the invasion of locust in the district.
Mishra directed all the Block Development Officers to work with the Chiefs and Farmer Friends at the Block level at the earliest to spread awareness about the attack of locusts to prevent the spread of these locusts.
There is a possibility that a team of locust may enter Bokaro anytime, can cause huge damage to the standing crops especially in Petarwar, Kasamar, Gomia and Chandrapura areas.
“We have asked the all District Agricultural Officers to form their own WhatsApp group, so that information can be transmitted on time. They were also asked to contact with the neighbouring districts of the neighbouring states on the situation and preparedness,” said Mishra.
Due to unseasonal rains soil is moistured across the Jharkhand which creates favorable conditions for the locusts to lay eggs. These eggs can be destroyed by ploughing the soil, it stated in the advisory.
