Pests detected
Source: The Sangai Express
Yairipok, July 21 2020:
The people of Taarang Chingol of Yairipok Khoirom in Thoubal district are worried that their crops would be harmed as a new and unfamiliar swarm of grasshoppers emerged for the first time in the area today.
Haobam Meghachandra who claimed to have detected the grasshoppers first, maintained that the area had never witnessed such grasshoppers before.
The swarm of grasshoppers, estimated to be around 1000 in number, were detected at spots which were barely around 20/30 feet away from Taarang Loukol and Selom Loukol, he said.
Maintaining that the grasshoppers are migratory in nature, he appealed to all concerned to take stock of the situation and take up necessary and timely actions to avert likely damage to crops.