NDMA rejects CM Sindh's statement on vehicles for locusts operation.

ISLAMABAD -- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday refuted remarks from Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah in which he said that the NDMA had provided them a list of vehicles to be purchased for dealing with swarms of locusts, media reported.

While refuting the statement made by the chief minister on the floor of the Sindh Assembly, the NDMA Chairman Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal said that they had not provided any list to the Sindh government for arranging vehicles needed to take part in action against swarms of locusts.

'Instead, we have provided them with the vehicles of Pakistan Army to conduct operations against locusts,' he said while terming the chief minister's remarks against reality.

It is pertinent to mention here that Ministry for Food Security and Research on June 21 announced that they are looking to initiate a program against locust swarm infestation in the country with the help of the World Bank (WB).

According to a notification issued by the ministry on the matter, World Bank...

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