Locusts perish in Chitral areas.

CHITRAL -- Locusts have been found dead in the remote hilly areas of Madak Lusht in Lower Chitral district and Khot in Upper Chitral district.

The officials said the cold weather killed locusts after a windstorm brought them to the region at nighttime.

Deputy director of the agriculture department Rafique Ahmad told Dawn that a small number of locusts, which reached the area along a violent storm, had survived but as individuals, they couldn't harm the foliage as they did in other areas of the country.

'Fortunately, it was raining as the locusts arrived here, so the temperature was too low for them to survive. They died instantly,' he said.

The official said he sent two teams consisting of entomologists to the...