ISLAMABAD: The UK government has provided 20 micro sprayers to tackle the outbreak of locust outbreak, under its aid package of one million pound sterling.

Micro-sprayers from the UK have now arrived in Pakistan and will help immediately to tackle the devastating desert locust swarms.

They are the first 20 of 50 sprayers as part of a UK aid package of £1m to support the Government of Pakistan to tackle the outbreak, which has been declared a national emergency.

The UK funding will ensure 50 sprayers to be sent to control locusts, and help to ensure food security; 1,300 PPE kits help ensure surveillance and control operations can continue safely through the coronavirus pandemic, and 18,000 vulnerable farmers are helped.

UK-based company Micron Sprayers Ltd has over 50 years of industry experience and its products are used in over a 100 countries across the globe.

Underlining the close trading relationship between the UK and Pakistan, Micron Sprayers Ltd is also working on a separate agreement to supply 83 sprayers to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Pakistan.