Jul 12, 2021
While interacting with elected PRIs, the Joint Director was apprised by the Sarpanches that the community ponds are harvested by following proper Auctioning through Panchayat and amount realized is being utilized for the development of Panchayat besides improvement of the pond.
On the occasion, Private pond owners gave satisfactory feedback in respect to the quantity of fish harvested. One farmer namely Ashwani Trehan appraised that as per his opinion fish culture is quite profitable as it is less labour oriented.
The officers also took a fish seed stocking drive of natural water bodies like Ujh Barrage and Ranjit Sagar Reservoir which serve as livelihood for hundreds of families of local fishermen who capture fish as their sole means of livelihood.