Locust Spotting: Delhi airport on high alert

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) 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 bee n affected due to the incoming locust swarm.However, due to a change in wind direction the swarm has moved in a complete ly different direction altogether.”As of now operations are completely normal, but we are maintaining a lookout and coordinating with different agencies,” sources said.–IANSrv/sn/rt