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SAGALEE: Ngurang Takio of Sagalee was declared the winner of the 'opening angling tournament 2021' organized at Rate Chungki and Rach Tabio near here on Thursday by the Rach-Tabio Panchayat Youth Welfare Association ( RTPYWA). Takio caught the trophy catch chocolate mahseer weighing 1.46 kg and bagged a cash prize of Rs 20,000 along with a trophy, angling gears, and certificate.
The second prize went to Nabam Tatung, who caught 1.2 kg chocolate mahseer. He won Rs 10,000 along with angling gears, trophy, and certificate.
Tenzing Dorjee and Ngurang Agung equally shared the third prize and won angling gears and certificates.
The highest catch title went to Tarh Rekam who caught 13 fish. Impressed by the 'excellent work' of the organising youths, Rekam donated his cash prize of Rs 5,000 and angling gears to them. While opening the tournament, former chief minister and Sagalee MLA Nabam Tuki urged the public not to pollute the river by constructing toilets near it. He said the government is providing all the requirements for proper toilets. He also urged the public not to litter the river with plastics materials and keep it clean to promote tourism through angling festivals, thereby generating income for unemployed youths of the area.
Arunachal Anglers Forum chairman Bengia Tayu and Sagalee Zilla Parishad Member Techi Serbang gave the prizes to the winners. Bengia urged the RTPYWA members to preserve the river and ban all sorts of illegal fishing from making the angling festival a calendar event for which his Forum would provide all technical support. ZPM Sarbang promised to provide all the help from his end to the festival grander next year. As many as 52 anglers participated and hooked as many as 76 fish in the daylong tournament.
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