Hindustan Times – Onlie

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), meanwhile, said that the monsoon is set to arrive in Kerala on time on Monday, even as Maharashtra and Gujarat were place on “pre-cyclone alert” as a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea threatened to intensify into a cyclonic storm in 36 hours.

Telangana Today – Online

Thunderstorm helped the Telangana a lot. Besides getting relief from sweltering heat, it saved the state from locusts. Locusts, which reached to Wardha of Maharastra from North India by Friday, moved towards Chhattisgarh after diverting their way following the thunderstorms in a majority of the areas in Telangana as well as Vidarbha region of Maharastra.

NDTV – Online

Since the last few days, spotted coffee grasshopper, Bombay locust and the Crytacanthacris Tartarica, a type of grasshopper, have been mistaken for the swarm of desert locusts which has been ravaging the crops in north-west India.

The Sunday Guardian – Online

Failing to provide work on such public schemes, the district collectors can be empowered to use labour for agriculture operations or any other individual or group activity.

Money Control – Online

Monsoon is the next key factor to focus on in the coming weeks as it is critical for agricultural production. Timely arrival of monsoon will ensure kharif crops get sown properly.

The monsoon is expected to arrival in Kerala on June 1. However, private agency Skymet Weather has already declared arrival on monsoon in Kerala.

If monsoon is normal, agricultural production would also be strong which would ultimately help revive rural economy.

The Indian Express – Online

Locust plague cycles – defined as a period of two or more consecutive years of widespread breeding, swarm formation and crop destruction – were a recurrent phenomenon throughout the nineteenth century and the first half of the 1900s.