Soon after attacking districts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, an army of locusts has now reached Uttar Pradesh. According to details, Agra and Jhansi in the state which has further prompted the government to declare a state-wide alert. India had first reported a locust attack in the second week of April when the pests had made entry into Rajasthan from Pakistan. In Uttar Pradesh, locusts are feared to affect 17 districts — Agra, Aligarh, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Hathras, Etah, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Auraiya, Jalaun, Kanpur, Jhansi, Mahoba, Hamirpur and Lalitpur.
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