Sindh demands increase in aerial spray against locust Mof to send its recommendation for declaring emergency against locust:Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has called upon all stakeholders to work together to control locust attack on crops in the province. He said this while chairing a high level meeting on locust control along with Federal Food Secretary Muhammad HashimPopalzai on Monday at Sindh Secretariat. The Federal Secretary for food presented National Action Plan Desert Locust Surveillance and Control 2020 terming the situation of emergency emerged after unpredicted generations of locust present in Sindh and Baluchistan. The Federal Secretary informed the meeting that the Food Ministry would send its recommendation to the Federal Cabinet for imposing national emergency against locust.

The meeting attended by the by MNA NawabYousufTalpur, Secretary Agriculture Sindh, Agha Zaheeruddin, Secretary Food Sindh Liaq Ahmed, DG Sparco, DG Plant protection, DG PDMA Baluchistan, DG PDMA Sindh, Deputy Commissioner of relevant districts of Sindh, and others concerned officers of Sindh, Punjab and Baluchistan.

The meeting was briefed about the National Action Plan Desert Locust Surveillance and Control 2020 which will start from 1st January 2020 from Baluchistan province.

As per details, from 1st January to June 2020 strong surveillance and control program will be launched in Baluchistan's various districts and for this 30 camps will be established comprising technical staff of Plant Protection Department and employs of provincial agriculture and PDMA. DG plant protection stated that 100000 litter of ULV pesticides would be sprayed via airplane in Baluchistan. The Director General Department of Plant protection further shared the details of the action plan informed the meeting that from July 2020 to December 2020 total 30 camps will be established in Sindh and 180000 100000 litter of ULV pesticides would be sprayed via airplane in Sindh and 20 camps will also be established in Punjab to control the locust.

It was pointed out by the deputy commissioners and MNA Nawab YousufTalpur that the federal...

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