Plant protection department's 18 aircrafts grounded.

LAHORE -- A fleet of Plant Protection Department (PPD), a federally administered body, has been grounded since 2021.

According to news reports, ten of the PPD aircraft have been grounded in Karachi while eight others in Lahore.

All the spray work of the department has been suspended. The planes were used for spraying when locusts or other insects attacked crops.

One of the PPD aircraft had collapsed during its flight near Rahim Yar Khan in 2021. After the fatal accident, the rest of the fleet planes were grounded. It is also reported that the planes were grounded because they were not properly maintained.

According to the PPD website, the Aerial wing of DPP is the sole emergency response unit in the region. The primary function of the Aerial Wing is locust control while other functions include aerial crop spraying, aerial seed broadcasting, hygiene spray operation, leaflet dropping for awareness, participation in foreign countries spray missions...

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