 Locusts emanating from the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir are swarming towards the northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana and towards Pakistan. Officials in the Jammu and Kashmir government have described it as a "serious" and "unprecedented" crisis. Deputy Commissioner of Kargil Asfandyar Khan said the migratory locusts | “the migratory locusts inundating the area are even capable of eating human clothing and hair...” |
inundating the area are even capable of eating human clothing and hair. "The problem is the creature is laying eggs deep in the soil. The eggs are apparently in plastic-like capsules and every capsule has around 100 eggs," he said. |