Agartala, Dec 15 (UNI) A four members delegation of Andhra Pradesh met Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb yesterday to explore the possibility of investment in fishery sector of the state considering the supply gap against the daily demand.
Besides, discussing the prospect of the fishery in Tripura with the officials, they visited potential locations of the state. At present Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Bangladesh are continued to be the main suppliers of fish to Tripura.
According to Chief Minister, Tripura is producing 72,273 MT fish against the annual demand of 96,454 MT and the state government has employed scientific intervention to increase fish production to meet the deficit of total 24,181 MT of fish which comes from the outside.