Locusts invade Maharashtra, An alarming news for Bangladesh

Since a week Maharashtra, a state of India are facing a severe attack of Locusts. Most parts of india are now under these Locusts attack. And it is spreading so faster than expected according to the Indagator.

The district and agriculture department in Maharashtra have initiated chemical spraying on crops and vegetation to save them from Locusts attack.

After crossing Pakistan, swarms of Locusts entered India through Rajasthan on April 11.

Union Environment Ministry of India has stated that, locusts Swarm have entered in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh. It also stated an alert for Capital Delhi and all the neighbouring countries around India.

Pakistan is facing the worst Locusts attack sinch, March 2020.

Locusts are known for feasting all sorts of plants and standing crops. It is a insect like grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. This insects are usually solitary but under certain circumstances they become more abundant and change their behaviour and habits, becoming gregarious. Locusts are considered as one of the most dangerous type of insects because of their ability of swarms to fly rapidly across great distances. Wherever the swarm settles, they consume most of the green vegetation. They end up all the plants and crops they rove over. As a result, agro-economic conditions of the country fall down badly. People suffer from food scarcity.

Note : Locusts do not travel in the night. The migratory pests travel during the day time and fly as per the wind direction.

As Bangladesh is one of the closest neighbouring country of India, there is very good chance of getting attacked by Locusts Swarm in Bangladesh. Even some of the areas like Teknaf, Bandarban are already facing this migratory pests from last of April. Agricultural Ministry already start to take necessary steps to prevent this severe attack.

In this Covid-19 pandemic people are already facing food scarcity. If this Locusts attack destroys our agriculture sectors people will die for food, people will die being hunger in Bangladesh. May God save us.