Weeds crop up on office, house properties when it is not properly looked after. Apart from making the premises unsightly and affecting public image, they provide ideal breeding and hiding grounds for pests such as rats and insects and potentially dangerous ones such as scorpions, snakes and spiders.
Dry vegetation poses a major fire hazard around strategic military and other installations (oil tanks, refineries, pipelines), airports and railway tracks and yards. Weeds growing on buildings cause cracks, heave pavements and also damage the foundation. Certain plants cause severe allergic (e.g. Parthenium or congress grass) and skin reactions such as asthma and dermatitis. Unwanted vegetation (e.g. Water Hyacinth) in waterways, gutters or on embankments of drains can impede water flow, choke draw off points in cooling water circulation ponds (specially at thermal power stations and steel plants) and cause foul odour and breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Weeds therefore, are costly in terms of time, manpower and replacement and repairs of equipment. Further, labour contracted for manual weed control may pose security risks around sensitive military and industrial establishments, refineries and airports. Mechanical or manual weeding provides, at best, temporary or partial relief as most weeds are extremely hardy and grow back very fast. Effective weed management can only be provided through a comprehensive knowledge about different weeds, their growth patterns and weedicides and their proper application techniques in relation to different climatic conditions. Pest Control and Allied Services provides weed management solutions for a wide range of clients.
