Anti-locust operation complete on 2.6 million acres.

ISLAMABAD: The anti-locust operations have been carried out in 10,545.51 square kilometers, approximately 2.606 million acres of land across 32 affected districts of the country in order to eradicate the locust swarms.

As many as 1,028 joint teams comprising over 5,336 people took part in the anti-locust operations across the country, according to details released by the National Locust Control Center (NLCC).

The joint teams of the Ministry of National Food Security, provincial agriculture departments and the Pakistan Army were conducting a comprehensive survey and control operation against the locusts in different districts and so far 400,504.7 square kilometers (90.89) million acres had been surveyed.

About 5,336 people and 676 vehicles took part in the anti-locust operation, the NLCC data said.

In the Punjab province, about 250,735 acres had been...