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ITANAGAR: Chief executive (CE) of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Dr Suvarna Chandrappagari visited the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh for spot assessments of the progress of schemes made under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and Blue Revolution (BR) which had been implemented in the district during 2021-22.
The chief executive visited several fish ponds and farms of beneficiaries at Yazali, Yachuli and Ziro-I circle on Friday and interacted with the farmers.
She expressed satisfaction over successful implementation of various schemes.
The DFDB official also visited the recreational fisheries centre of progressive farmer Tage Richo at Pare-Ami, constructed with financial assistance under PMMSY. Farmers present on the occasion requested her to enhance the financial assistance from the Centre to bring a pisciculture revolution in the State, an official report informed here on Saturday.
Earlier, Dr Chandrappagari visited the fish farm-cum-eco-tourism centre of another progressive farmer Likha Kamin at Jath village under Yachuli circle and was highly impressed by the farm covering an area of 2.5 hectare of water-spread area which is one of the major tourist attractions of the place.
She emphasized on intensive aquaculture and adoption of scientific farming methods to increase production and productivity from a unit area to double farmers' income.
The chief executive also visited the site of paddy-cum-fish culture at Ziro and interacted with the farmers.
Presently 1400 hectare area is under paddy-cum-fish culture at Ziro valley.
She also visited the proposed site of the integrated aqua park at the regional high altitude fish seed farm at Tarin. The farm manager presented the details of activities to be implemented and their scope.
She suggested that the department should work out every detail meticulously before execution of the work to avoid cost overrun and assured her support and cooperation in implementing the project successfully.
The NFDB chief executive was accompanied by State Fisheries Director J Taba, officials of the department and NFDB-North East Regional Centre Guwahati officer-in-charge AK Borah, the report added.
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