1.Let's not under estimate the importance of locust and its menace and the expected loss to be caused by them .
2.Lets not ignore Locust Warning Organisation(LWO) and it should also be kept Eveready to fight w kmith locust eventuality or locust emergency without any prior notice.
3.Lets consider LWO as a paradefence or para military or like fire fighting Organisation to be kept ever ready to organize locust control operation or Locust control Campaign immediately after receiving the locust invasions with all locust control potential like man ,material,machines ,methods, and money.
4.Lets strengthen, update,and modernize the locust warning organization in terms of trained man power,,a fleet of operative vehicles,Control equipment like micro Ulva,Miccronair sprayers,Ulvamast,communication equipment,sufficient insecticide such as Malathion96 %,Fenitrothion 98%,etc,sufficient POL,Aircrafts,airstrips,Vehicle repair equipment,Camping equipments ,first aid equipments,facilities for operating the locust control rooms ,computers with internet facilities ,surveillance equipments like e locust system,RAMSES ( Reconnaissance And MonitoringSystemof theEnvironment of Schistocerca ) SYSTEM and locust emergency fund in advance of about one crore Ruppees.
5 Regular monitoring of locust population both national and international level and preparation for locust control Operations as per the locust population and forewarning made by FAO .
6.Lets organize a campaign for repair of all kinds of equipment and vehicles during calm season of locust.
7.Regular trainings of conducting locust control operation and the management of locust control campaign for the officials of LWO and other all the schemes of the Dte of PPQ&S ,and state govt staff members of locust prone states and also adjoining states may be organized to enrich the control potential in terms of manpower .
8.Mockup operations for conducting locust contol operation may be organized in calm season of locust
9 Procurement of all the necessary equipment ,pesticides,spare parts of control equipment and vehicles,may be done well in advance before the commencement of locust season,locust operation based on the locust situation.
10.Drons may also be included in locust control programmes for locust Surveillance ,monitoring and control purpose in remote areas .
11.All the vacant posts of Locust aWarning Organization,and Field Station for investigation on locusts (FSIL),Bikaner may be filled on priority basis considering the quantum of loss caused by Locust.
12.Bordersueveys,and border meeting may be organized throughout the year to exchange the locust situation.
13.Newly recruited,staff of Dte of plant protection ,quarantine and storage be posted initially in locust control and IPM schemes of the Dte.to get sufficient field exposure and experience before posting them in other schemes of the Dte.
14.SOP for the management of locust control campaign may be made with help of the seniors exofficers who are having experience for organizing the locust control campaign .How ever I have already published several papers on this aspects.
15 Research on different aspects on locust behaviour,habitats,biological control,screening of the impact of biopesticides of microbial and plant origin in nature etc must be initiated by GSILand ICAR.
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