Delhi's IGI airport on high alert over Locust attack

National capital's IGI Airport has been kept on high alert following swarm of locusts were spotted near to the key installation. The spotting took place near to national highway 8's stretch which connects the national capital to Gurugram around 11.00 a.m., sources said. Accordingly, the airport was kept at high alert as operations could have been affected due to the incoming locust swarm.

However, due to a change in wind direction the swarm has moved in a completely different direction altogether.

"As of now operations are completely normal, but we are maintaining a lookout and coordinating with different agencies," sources



said.

Last month, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued safety guidelines regarding flight operations in view of the threat posed by locust attack in certain parts of the country.

In a statement, the aviation regulator had said that locusts are generally f ound at lower levels of atmosphere and therefore pose a threat to aircraft in the critical landing and take-off phases of the flight.

"All pilots are required to share information on location of locust swarms if they sight any during a flight. As far as possible, it is strongly advised that flights should be avoided through any known locust swarm," it had said .