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    COMBATING AGAINST LOCUSTS

    NKR Government Information and Public Relations Department
    May 29, 2009

    On both sides of the north-eastern section of Karabakh-Azerbaijani
    contact line a heavy period of agricultural works is on. Today, both
    the Armenians and the Azerbaijanians have a common enemy. The horde
    of locusts attacked the arable lands on both sides of the contact
    line. Fortunately, irrespective of political speculations there is a
    non-stipulated arrangement on the frontier and peace is maintained,
    no bursts of fire are held, which enables efficient organization of
    combating on both sides. On May 28, Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan
    visited the agricultural disaster area.

    All night long employees of the Rescue Service stood guard in
    the headquarters set up in the zone affected with insects, since
    early morning the head of Martakert regional administration, head
    of Plant Protection Service, soldiers of the frontier regiment had
    been there. They were the first reporters of the insects' nocturnal
    movement.

    According to Sergey Ohanyan, head of the regional administration,
    lately they have managed to lead combating to the pesthole and to
    prevent irruption in some areas, a territory of 20 km width and 2 km
    depth is taken under control.

    Irrespective of the taken measures and the considerable passivity of
    insect irruption agriculturalists came across another threat. On one
    hand danger is posed in the frontier non-explored and non-controlled
    territories, on the other hand insects grow into winged ones.

    Insect combating is carried out on a territory of 4 thousand hectares
    and the emergency staff hopes that, nevertheless, they will manage to
    localize the pestholes and to prevent insect irruption. According to
    the Minister of Agriculture, the volume of cultivated lands in the
    damaged zone is not great.

    The day was a festive one and the officials having visited the arable
    lands with a practical purpose did not forget about it and celebrated
    the day of the first Armenian Republic in the pastures.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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