Puri: Amid reports of villagers abandoning their houses in Brahmansahi under Chandradeipur pachayat in Pipli block, the local administration and a team of experts have geared up to end the menace.
A team from the OUAT, local BDO, and Pest Controllers arrived at the village today and took stock of the situation. The ants were killed from a majority of places and efforts are on to contain their spread. The OUAT team has taken samples of ants for testing.
As many as three families locked their houses and left the village, scared of the ants. The red ant terror has magnified over the last 20 days and people wrap their legs with plastic before moving out.
The poisonous insects have already started dwelling in the mud walls of some houses. The red ants are creeping into their houses from the embankments of a nearby canal and many of them have developed skin rashes and itching after coming in contact with the insects.
