Telangana has witnessed over 50 per cent growth in fish production since the state govt started the scheme of promoting fisheries development in the state last year, reports Telangana Today.
Source says officials are meeting fishermen at regular intervals to inform them of the benefits of the scheme.
Under the scheme, the State government supplied 70 crore fish seedlings to the Fishermen Cooperative Societies free of cost to release them into water bodies such as village tanks and reservoirs. The State government allocated Rs 1,000 crore for integrated fisheries development project.
S Saidulu, a member of Fishermen Cooperative Society at Peddadevulapally in Nalgonda district, said the daily income of fishermen in their cooperative society increased after the government took the initiative to release fish seedlings into the tanks.