Minister for Power and SC Development G Jagadish Reddy on Thursday said State government was ready to provide training and also motor boats for fishermen. The Minister was speaking after launching the training programme for members of fishermen cooperative societies as part of Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme in Udhayaditya Bhavan, Nalgonda, on Thursday. Minister Jagadish Reddy said that Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme was aimed at keeping a check on contractors and their marketing and to ensure that profits reach fishermen in the State. He said that it had come to his notice that fishermen from Andhra areas were engaging in fishing in water bodies in Nalgonda district.Stating that the fishermen in Telangana were capable of doing the work, he said that the State government would provide training and machine boats to TS fishermen. Stating that village tanks in Nalgonda would have water throughout from next year due to measures taken up by the government, he asked the fishermen to strive to enhance the production of fish 10 times to the present quantity. He felt that there was good demand for fish in the State. He pointed out that a large quantity of fish had been transported to the markets in Hyderabad from Andhra area. Reminding that Telangana was witnessing development in all sectors, the Minister for Power said Mission Kakatiya, aimed at reviving village tanks, and Mission Bhagiratha, through which safe drinking water would be supplied to each house, had become study projects for foreigners and research students. Pointing out that some persons holding the position of chief minister in united Andhra Pradesh had termed agriculture as waste, Jagadish Reddy said that after formation of Telangana, the Chief Minister had succeeded in making the farmers feel proud of cultivation. Farmers Investment Support Scheme, 24-hour free power supply and irrigation facilities were some of the initiatives of the State government, he said. Farmers Investment Support Scheme, which would be launched on April 25, was aimed at stopping farmers from borrowing money from others to meet expenditure of cultivation by extending Rs 4,000 per acre to tillers. Rajya Sabha member Badugula Lingaiah Yadav reminded that Rs 40,000 crore had been earmarked in State budget for the welfare of people who were eking out livelihood from caste-based professions. District Collector Gaurav Uppal said that the State government had decided to extend special budget to Nalgonda for fisheries development in view of large number of fishermen in the district. Under Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme, Rs 37 crore would be sanctioned to the district, he added. Assistant Director of Fisheries Charitha Reddy explained the aims and objectives of Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme to the members of fishermen cooperative societies at the awareness programme. MLC Pula Ravinder, Miryalaguda MLA N Bhasker Rao, District Revenue Officer Kheemya Naik also attended the programme.
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