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| Govt to formulate welfare project for uplift of Wullar fishermen: Kohli | |
Srinagar, October 24, (Scoop News)-Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Abdul Gani Kohli, today said the State Government would soon come up with a comprehensive project to uplift the socio-economic condition of fishermen community of Wullar Lake.
The Minister said this while chairing a review meeting of the Fisheries Department here which was attended by MLA Bandipora Usman Majid, Director Fisheries and other senior officials of the Department.
The meeting decided that the Department would construct a Fish Seed Farm of Schizothorax and Carp species for production of quality fish in the vicinity of the Wullar Lake to augment its fish production, besides rehabilitating the Lake’s endemic fish fauna.
It was also decided that appropriate steps would be taken for the rehabilitation of fishermen living on the banks of the Lake.
Under the project special focus would be given on providing employment to the educated unemployed fishermen youth by setting up income generating units under fish sector.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that Wullar Lake is an important habitat for fish and contributes over 30 percent of the fish yield of Kashmir Valley. He underscored the need of taking immediate steps to promote quality fish in the Lake and also stressed upon the concerned authorities to pay special attention towards the upliftment of the fishermen community.
He said that benefits of welfare schemes launched by the Government for fishermen community should reach deserving ones well in time and there should be not any negligence in this regard.
Kohli also impressed upon the authorities to launch massive drive with regard to the training of fishermen for upgrading their skills. He instructed that fishermen should be given training for fabrication of nets and construction of boats for fishing activities.
He said that under the project two-tier fish marketing facilities would be made available to the fishermen community residing along the banks of Wullar Lake. He said five fish landing centers would be set up along the banks of the Lake at Ninglee, Zurimanz, Kulhama, Laharwalpora and Watlab.
The Minister said to provide better marketing to the fishermen one whole sale fish market with all the modern facilities like cold storage etc would be established at Laharwalpora, which will also help the fishermen community to store and sell the fish at effective cost even during the lean season.
He said that one retail fish market would be established at Sopore which would help in accommodating the fish vendors of the district under one roof. He added that requisite steps will be initiated to construct more low cost houses for fishermen families residing along the banks of wullar lake.
The Minister exhorted upon the field functionaries of the Department to ensure formulation of different action plans for betterment of fishermen community and stressed that all the Central and State welfare projects meant for the overall development of the fishermen community be implemented in
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