Hyderabad, May 28 -- Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao declared that all the precautions are being taken in the State to avert entry of swarms of Locust entering the State.
He said all the district collectors, police officials on the borders with Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States have been alerted, and fire engines, jetting machines, and pesticides were put in place. A five-member Committee was appointed to keep a tab on the movement of the group of Locusts and to monitor measures prevent the Locusts swarms entering the state.
The CM held a high-level review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan here on Thursday on the measures to be taken if the Locusts entered the State. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP Mahender Reddy, Principal Secretaries ...