Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 19 (ANI): Swarms of locusts attacked several villages in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Thursday.

P Gujare, Deputy Director, District Agriculture Department, said, "A team has been constituted, wherever, such locust attacks are reported the team goes and provides solutions to farmers to tackle the situation".

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The desert locust is a species of locust, a swarming short-horned grasshopper. They are known to devour everything in their path, posing an unprecedented threat to the food supply and livelihoods of millions of people. (ANI)

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