KARACHI: Sindh Agriculture Minister Muhammad Ismail Rahoo told the media Sindh Agriculture Department has sprayed 22,000 hectares this May, while support from federal government was insufficient.
Minister for agriculture decried that federal government had sent only one 50-year-old aircraft for aerial spray in Sukkur – with only one pilot, who would come to Sindh and Balochistan after finishing the work in Punjab.
He claimed that in coming days, locusts would prove more dangerous for crops in Sindh. “Thousands of attacks are expected in June not only from Punjab, but also from Balochistan, India, Iran and Yemen”.
Rahoo warned that Sindh may incur loss of billions of rupees if the federal government continued its “non-serious attitude” to tackle locust attacks.
Handling the situation on its own, the agricultural department of the province had also completed survey for over 5.778 million hectares, with 98 teams of the agriculture department committed for survey, spray and advisory of the growers, he added.
Spray has been conducted over 7,170 hectares in Ghotki and 7,341 hectares in Kashmore districts.
Sindh on its own to fight off locusts, federal govt criticized for non-seriousness
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