I-India ibhekene nokuhlaselwa kwesikhonyane okulimaza kakhulu eminyakeni engama-30, kubikwa iKazinform ngokubhekisele kwiDeutsche Welle. Izinambuzane sezivele zacekela phansi amahektha angaphezu kuka-50 000 womhlaba olimekayo. Ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus, imiphumela yesiphepho i-Amphan kanye nokuhlasela kwesikhonyane kwandisa isimo sokondla kwezakhamizi zakuleli.
NgoLwesibili, abaphathi baseNdiya bethule ama-drones nezindiza eziqhutshwa yi-propeller ukulandelela izinkumbi nokuzifafaza ngama-insecticides. Ukuhlaselwa kwesikhonyane okwamanje kunamandla kakhulu eminyakeni engama-30 edlule. Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi izinambuzane sezicekele phansi amahektha angaba ngu-50 000 womhlaba olimekayo, i-India ibhekene nokuntuleka kokudla okubi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1993.
Izimbotshana eziyisishiyagalombili kuya kweziyishumi, yileso naleso silinganiso esingamakhilomitha skwele, zisebenza eRajasthan naseMadhya Pradesh. Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi isikhonyane sesivele singene kwezinye izifundazwe eNdiya, kubandakanya iMaharashtra ne-Uttar Pradesh.
NgoMsombuluko, izinkumbi zigasele edolobheni laseJaipur eRajasthan. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, isikhonyane safika sivela ePakistan. Baveza ukuthi uma ijubane nokuqondisa komoya kukuhle, isikhonyane singathuthuka siye enhlokodolobha yezwe. Ngokusho kweWorld Food Organisation, ukuhlasela kwesikhonyane kuvame ukubonwa entshonalanga India kanye nasezingxenyeni zeGujarat kusuka ngoJuni kuze kube nguNovemba.
Kodwa-ke, ngokwesitatimende se-Locust Invasion Prevention Organisation ngaphansi koMnyango wezoLimo, kwaqubuka iminyakazo eNdiya emuva ngo-Ephreli nonyaka. Ama-GPs alinganisela ukuthi isikhonyane esiyizigidi ezingama-40 singadla ukudla okuningi njengabantu abangama-35. Isibalo samanje sesikhonyane sichithe izilimo zonyaka ezifundeni zaseRajasthan neMadhya Pradesh, okuzoholela ekukhiqizeni okuphansi kanye namanani entengo aphezulu wokudla.
Inkinga yezolimo kanye nokwenyuka kwamanani okudla okulandelayo kuzophazamisa umzabalazo waseNdiya wokulwa nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus. Ochwepheshe bathi izimvula ezinkulu nezivunguvungu oLwandlekazi i-Indian kubangele ukukhuphuka kwezinga kanye nesilinganiso sokuzalelwa kwesikhonyane kulo nyaka. I-World Food Organisation ixwayisa ukuthi ukungenelwa yisikhonyane kunganda ngenyanga ezayo lapho ukuzalaniswa kwesikhonyane eMpumalanga Afrika kuthuthela eNdiya.
I-India akuyona kuphela izwe elithinteka ekuhlaselweni yisikhonyane kulo nyaka. IPakistan, amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika, kanye neY Yemen nawo abhekane nokuhlaselwa kwezinambuzane. NgoFebhuwari, iPakistan yamemezela isimo esibucayi ezweni ngenxa yokuhlasela kwesikhonyane engxenyeni esempumalanga yezwe. Izilimo zikakotini, ukolweni, ummbila nezinye izitshalo zacekelwa phansi izinambuzane.