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Prolonged Monsoons, Heavy Cyclones: What Triggered Indias Locust Outbreak

Published: May 27, 2020, 2:37 p.m.

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Pandemic, a super cyclone and now locust attacks. India is in an environmental and agrarian quandary.
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Armies of locusts are swarming across Western India in alarming numbers, through farmlands and urban settlements, destroying any patch of green they can find on their way.
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The first swarms of these desert locusts, the most devastating variety to come from the grasshopper family entered India along the India-Pakistan border around April 11, months before their usual time of arrival. And in the last few days they have been spotted in huge numbers in Rajasthan
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They are also active in Gujarat and other states they\\u2019ve not been sighted in before like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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So, what kind of damage can these pests bring, what measures are we taking to control the outbreak? And what kind of environmental changes have triggered this untimely, unusually big swarm of locusts to attack India? Tune in to The Big Story!
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\\nProducer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha
\\nGuests:
\\nManoj Ahirwar, Agricultural scientist at the Krishi Vigyaan Kendra in Madhya Pradesh
\\nDr Roxy Matthew Koll, Climate scientist\\xa0
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\\nEditor: Shelly Walia
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\\nReferences:
\\nLocust Watch\\n
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\\nMusic: Big Bang Fuzz
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