Locusts swarm Tappi, Jarma areas of Kohat.

KOHAT -- The farmers and orchard owners of large areas of Tappi and Jarma on DI Khan road here have demanded of the agriculture department to save their orchards from locust attack as the insects have been eating greenery for three days.

They said that despite their repeated appeals to the department concerned no team had been sent to the area to kill the locust and spray the green fields and orchards.

They said the locust had swarmed the areas in such large numbers that every leaf of the trees was covered with the insects.

Haji Iftikhar, president of farmers association, said they again called the agriculture department on Saturday morning to send teams, but it said the staff was busy somewhere else.

An official, Haziq Ali Shah, told this correspondent they knew that the locust had attacked green fields and orchards in Jarma and Tappi areas, but they had their own strict schedule.

He said heavy locust had attacked Shakardarra near Punjab border and they were leaving for the...