Package for locust-hit areas sought by Balochistan.

QUETTA -- Balochistan ministers Mir Zia Langove and Zamrak Khan have called upon the federal government to fulfil its promises and announce a special package for districts affected by locust invasion.

Speaking at a joint press conference here on Monday, they said that 31 districts of Balochistan had been badly affected by locust swarms as they destroyed standing crops and fruit orchards, causing losses of Abillions of rupees to growers.

They said that due to huge losses of crops and fruit orchards, the provincial government was seriously considering declaring 31 affected districts of Balochistan as calamity-hit areas. They said that 80 per cent people of Balochistan depended on the agriculture sector and locust swarms were badly affecting their livelihoods.

The Balochistan government is conducting...