Desert locusts invaded Gurugram, a satellite city of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday prompting authorities to ask people to keep their windows shut and bang utensils to ward off the fast-spreading swarms.

Delhi's international airport, which borders Gurugram - home to some of the world's top corporations, has asked pilots to take extra precautions during takeoff and landing due to the locusts, local media reported.

Gurugram has never faced a locust attack before.

Previous infestations have been mainly confined to some villages in the western state of Gujarat and Rajasthan in the northwest, which share a border with Pakistan's desert areas.

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