Locust Attack in India: Farmers across India bang utensils and play DJ music to scare locusts away

Locusts have wrecked havoc across India for the past couple of days and a lot of states have been asked to be alert and keep a watch on the insects. It is being reported that the locust invasion this time is one of the worst in 27 years. Over the last few weeks, people were seen resorting to various ways to scare the locusts. From banging utensils to using police sirens, people are trying all desperate measures to scare the locusts.

On Wednesday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed 14 district administrations to remain alert to swarms of locusts and asked people to bang thalis and drums to ward off a swarm of locusts. The district administration in Panna in Madhya Pradesh was seen using police sirens to scare away the swarms of locusts. In another method, UP police officer Rahul Srivastava posted a video in which farmers can be seen using a vehicle fitted with loudspeakers to scare away locust swarms. 

#WATCH Rajasthan: People bang utensils in order to scare away the swarm of desert locusts, a type of a species of short-horned grasshoppers, which flew across Dholpur district yesterday. pic.twitter.com/O8cFBfVdYk

— ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2020

#WATCH Madhya Pradesh: Swarms of locusts being scared away by the district administration in Panna, using police sirens yesterday. pic.twitter.com/rEcXXsMXq1

— ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2020

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आप मुँह से आवाज़ निकाल सकते हैं या थाली भी पीट सकते हैं ।#DiscJockey#Locustswarm#locustswarms#Locusts#Locustsattack#LocustInvasion#LocustSwarmsAttackpic.twitter.com/zUcpYiJTGb

— RAHUL SRIVASTAV (@upcoprahul) May 27, 2020