During the Corona period, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary said that if the Rajasthan government had cooperated, locusts would not have progressed beyond the state. He would be overcome there. He said that locusts can be effectively controlled only in the border areas. This work could have been done more effectively if Rajasthan government supports. He said this clearly in the discussion with the media.
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In his statement, the Union Minister stated that despite the financial support from the Central Government for locust control, the Rajasthan government also did not take any action to take action in this direction, due to which locusts in the border area could not be effectively controlled. He said that the central government gave Rs 14 crore to control locusts in Rajasthan, but the state did not take the necessary measures to prevent them from entering the areas of Pakistan from Rajasthan. The minister said that the state government did not make any arrangement of necessary machines and tractors and other agricultural equipment in the border areas of Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Ganganagar. Locusts have introduced a new problem amid the Corona epidemic, which has reached about 90 districts in 10 states of the country including Delhi and is damaging kharif crops.
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He said that efforts are being made to control them effectively in other states including Rajasthan. He said that drones are being used for aerial spraying, as well as hitech machines such as micronier sprayers to control locusts. Soon air spraying will be done with the help of helicopters. He said that a sprayer machine with indigenous technology has been developed on the lines of micronair, which has been successfully tested and hence there will be no need to import further equipment to control locusts.
