‘King of jugaad’: Farmer lauded for unique hack to keep locusts away, watch video

Amid locust swarm attack, authorities have been advising farmers ways to safeguard ir crops from insects. While some farmers are using utensils and mobile disc jockeys, a superintendent of police in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district took to Twitter to share a farmers ‘jugaad’ to keep crop-damaging insects away. ‘Locust is mor of invention’, Rahul Srivastav wrote in caption. 

In video, one can see an ‘aeroplane’ mounted on a long pole in middle of a field. ‘aeroplane’ itself is a creative hack as it is made out of moving fan blades, a plastic bottle, a soda can and a cardboard tail. In short 15-second clip, ‘aeroplane’ can be seen rotating atop pole and making a loud ise that would help keep locusts away. 

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Netizens laud farmer's invention 

Since shared, invation by farmer has been lauded on several social media platforms. With over 6,000 views, clip has also garnered hundreds of likes and several comments. While one internet user called it “invation at its best”, ors said, “wonderful hack. only concern & dependence is that air should be blowing to make it work which might t be case when swarms attack”. 

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