Agri dept eyes to control fruit flies in 30 districts

MULTAN

Agriculture (Extension) Director General, Zafar Yab Haider Tuesday said that the agriculture department had launched a special project to control fruit flies in orchards in 30 districts.

The government has selected 30 districts, including 10 districts for guava, 10 for mangoes and 10 districts for citrus fruits, he said and added the province would be free of fruit flies in 2019 as the project was reaping immense benefits.

"We are not using any poison to control fruit flies but a chemical for this purpose, as fruit flies are very dangerous for the nurturing of fruits," Zafar Yab said and hoped that the project would also improve exports of mangoes, guava and other citrus fruits.

He urged growers to contact the agriculture department for information about fruit-flies-control project.