National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Chief Executive, Dr C Suvarna was on a visit to Jharkhand to inquire about the progress of Blue Revolution and Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) in Jharkhand and technical changes taking place in fisheries here. She said during the meeting that the Board will provide full support to the fish farmers of the State.
The Chief Executive said that the NFDB is always ready to help the State with technical assistance; the farmers here can be further promoted. Apart from this, she also said that behind this achievement of fish farming in Jharkhand, the guidelines of the officials and the hard work of the fish farmers here are also hidden.
On the second day of Jharkhand tour, Suvarna visited the retail fish market built in Deoghar district and Amit Kumar’s recirculatory aquaculture system under Blue Revolution Scheme in the presence of Director Fisheries, HN Dwivedi and Jharkhand and District Fisheries Officer, Deoghar, Prashant Kumar. Along with this, under construction of selected beneficiary Pradeep Gupta under PMSSY, a recirculatory aquaculture system of Rs 7.50 lakh, biofloc pond under construction of Kaushalya Devi was also inspected. During the excursion, the work of fish-cum-duck rearing was also seen. Discussions on fisheries development were also held with Manjunath Bhajantri, Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar. In order to return to Ranchi, fish seed hatcheries and fish feed sites under construction in Giridih district were also seen under the PMMSY.
The Chief Executive said that there is immense potential in fish farming in the State. “Jharkhand can give a new direction to the Country in this area by doing fish farming using new techniques. Jharkhand can do better than all other states in fisheries,” she added.
Suvarna further said that Jharkhand has ponds full of water, big dams, rivers, coal mines which are full of water, and where there is water, fish farming can be done. “Along with this, people are also using new techniques of fish farming like recirculatory aquaculture system and biofloc. Therefore it can be said that Jharkhand can lead the Country in fisheries. When I was posted in Telangana, I was also advised by the Ministry of Government of India to go to Jharkhand to see the fish farming happening there. On the advice of the ministry, she visited Chandil Dam where good work has been done regarding cage culture. That is why it is said from the beginning that if you want to see fish farming, then you should look in Jharkhand. Officials and fish farmers from other states have been sent to Jharkhand for site visits,” she added.
On the very first day of the Jharkhand tour, discussions on fisheries related schemes were held with Director Fisheries and Joint Director of Fisheries, Manoj Kumar. After that Suvarna reached King Fisheries in Ratu, Ranchi. The fish farming being done through pond, biofloc and cage culture was seen. Along with this, the recirculatory aquaculture under construction was also seen here. This technique will be used for fish farming under the PMMSY, the under-construction recirculatory aquaculture of Ranchi district’s beneficiary Kavita Tiwari was also seen.
In the presence of District Fisheries Officer, Hazaribagh, Roshan Kumar, the cold storage under construction of Dineshwar Ravidas at Charhi, Hazaribagh and the cages installed under Blue Revolution Scheme at Konar Dam were also inspected.