Tag: #Locusts
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International Experts urge deployment of drones to fight locusts
NAIROBI, Mar 16 (XINHUA/APP): International experts on migratory pests on Monday urged countries in the Horn of Africa region to fast-track registration and deployment of drones to boost the fight against desert locusts. Stephen Njoka, director of the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), said that drone technology is better placed to boost the war…
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No locust presence reported from any part of country during last 24 hours: NLCC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12 (APP):The National Locust Control Center (NLCC) Monday said that no presence of desert locust was reported from any part of the country during last 24 hours as servery and control operation against the pest was still in progress with full force. The NLCC had conducted anti-pest survey over 129,088 hectares of affected…
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No locust reported in KP, Sindh, Punjab: NLCC
ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP):National Locust Control Centre (NLCC) on Saturday said that no pest have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab. However, locust was present in only one district of Balochistan (Lasbella), said a press release issued by Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Asim Bajwa commends PM’s speech in UNGA The…
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Locust, Pandemic and the Prime Minister
From the time PM Imran Khan was elected, we as a nation want only Imran Khan to fix all the issues for us, that have been created in last 40 years. Is it justified? is a question about which no one even thinks. In a place where from peon till presidents were involved in either…
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NLCC surveys 185,839 hectares of land under anti-locust operation
ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP): The National Locust Control Center (NLCC) surveyed around 185,839 hectares area of land during the past twenty-four hours and carried out locust control operation in two districts of Balochistan and Sindh provinces. According to press statement issued here on Thursday by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, no locust…
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Strategy being Devised to Permanently Avoid Widespread Flash Flood Losses in Karachi: Chairman NDMA
A strategy is being devised to permanently avoid widespread flash flood losses in Karachi.
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Anti-Locust Operation completed over 2.271 million acres: NLCC
NLCC says that an anti-locust operation has been completed over 2.271 million acres.
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The Locusts of Corruption Have Eaten Pakistan’s Foundations
Usman Buzdar says that the locusts of corruption have eaten at Pakistan’s foundations and the nation will see their reprisal soon.
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Govt declares National Emergency to tackle danger of locusts
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (APP): The federal government on Friday decided to declare National Emergency in the country to effectively tackle the danger of locusts and its outbreak. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal had been appointed focal person in that regard. This was decided at a high-level meeting, under the chairmanship…