Ram Asre----As an expert Locust Control Operation Organizer and Manager.

Locust is a natural disaster .It is a pest of global status .It is an unpredictable pest which is a sleeping  giant which may flare up at any time and can cause heavy loss of food, fodder etc resulting in the famine .The Global locust control efforts are   coordinated  by F A O.
   India is having an ever impending threat of locust invasion .Its invasion s through Indo Pak border have been recorded on several occasions.
    Locust control Operations or Campaign is a kind of War which requires  prompt flow of informations,collection of intelligence,taking spot decisions,deploying control potential  to the field or locust affected areas,besides advance planning, preparation,proper and expert deployment of  resources,regular supply of the essential  inputs, strong and encouraged leadership,good communication skill,proper judgement and analysis of situation,working withteam spirit,always be motivated on stress,hard and inhospitable desert conditions,helping and co operative
attitude with colleagues and the members of the control teams,facilities for onspot repair of offroad vehicles and locust control equipment  are very essential requirements for successful execution,and management of Locust control Operation.
    Locust Warning  Organisation (LWO) is responsible for  organizing locust control  Operations in Indian  Scheduled  Desert Area .State Govt is also cooperating with the locust Control work especially in cultivated areas.
    I have worked  as Scheme in- charge of Locust Control And Research Scheme of the Dierectorate of plant protection,quarantine and Storage on several positions  and organized  and ,managed several locust invasions in Indian  Scheduled Desert Area  of Rajasthan, and Gujarat states and also in Cold desert of Ladakh area of J& K States .I also participated in the   worst   locust invasion  observed during 1993 besides  its invasions found during 2005 in Scheduled Deser area  and during 2006 in Cold Desert of Ladakh region of J&K State where the invasion of Migratory Locust was reported . The experience  gained during the management of these locust control Operations are placed in the next blog.