A desert locust in Samburu County, Kenya, in January. India, battling its worst desert locust outbreak in decades, pressed into service 12 drones to track the movement of locusts and spray insecticides on the swarms. – Reuters
NEW DELHI: India on June 30 deployed a helicopter and a dozen drones spraying insecticide to stop desert locusts that have spread to nine heartland states of the world's second-biggest producer of rice and wheat.
The move came after swarms invaded Gurugram, a satellite city of the capital New Delhi, during the weekend, prompting people to criticise authorities for not quickly containing the outbreak.
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