Asar 14, Kathmandu.
Experts have projected that the locusts that entered Nepal from Bara district last Saturday can stay in Nepal for about a month. Experts have projected that the insects, which have entered Nepal in groups of adults and children, can stay in Nepal for a maximum of one month. Dr. Dilliram Sharma, former Director General of the Department of Agriculture, said that adult locusts can live for a maximum of two weeks and child locusts for one month.
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He said that it is possible to reach Dang and Banke if the wind speed changes by Monday. He also claimed that this insect, which destroys crops in a group of eight to ten crores, can be controlled as it comes in a group of only two to four lakhs in Nepal. Mentioning that there is no need to be scared now, he suggested that the government could control it by using pesticides and farmers could smoke and play drums. file Photo
