Agartala, May 19 (UNI) The Tripura government has set a target to become a fish surplus state in the country within five years. Efforts have been made to start exporting fish from Tripura, said the state’s Animal Resource Development Minister Sudhangshu Das on Monday.
Interacting with the media, Das said during his two-day visit to Tripura, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh reviewed the fishery and animal husbandry projects and announced that Centre sanctioned 11 Integrated Aqua-parks across the country, and four of them to be set up in Northeast.
Singh on Sunday laid the foundation stone for an integrated Aqua-park under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), worth Rs 42.4 crore in Kailashahar under Unokoti district, which is projected to cater to the fish demand of the state, Das said. The state government has decided to go for a massive upgrade of water-bodies, both private and public.