Panchayats urged to provide 15 acres one-stretch land for the project
State Level Project Screening Committee will select the land
By Amrit Pal Brar
Fazilka, July 2:
Deputy Commissioner Manpreet Singh Chhatwal today said that to generate income from zero-earning waste lands and utilize saline affected land of the district, the government has proposed Fish Seed Farm Project worth Rs.10 crore for the district, for which 15 acres one-stretch government or Panchayati land is required.
He expressed hope that after the commissioning of this prestigious project of fisheries, an allied occupation of agriculture, the farmers of this border district would definitely be prosperous.
Chhatwal said that the farmers of the district are earning handsome profit by doing fish and shrimp culture in this saline affected area. “Almost 1,702 acres of area is under fish culture and 137 acres under shrimp culture in Fazilka district and farmers are successfully running this occupation and making profit out of it”, he added.
He said that now the government has proposed to launch multi-crores project in the district, in which Government Fish Seed Farm under RKVY scheme would be set up. He said that this farm would facilitate fish farmers an easy availability of quality fish seed at subsidized rates.
The Deputy Commissioner informed that the government has already released the first instalment worth Rs.5 crore for this project and as soon as the district administration would provide the land and State Level Screening Committee will select the chunk of land; the work for this project will be started.
Deputy Commissioner urged Gram Panchayats of the district to provide 15 acres one-stretch land to establish this fish seed farm having tremendous potential to improve the economy of the farmers. He said that interested members of panchayats can directly approach the Deputy Commissioner office within 15 days. Author can be contacted at amritbrar2012@gmail.com & 9814313405
