Review meetings held in JH
SHILLONG: State Fisheries Minister Coming One Ymbon said the department is aiming to produce more fish to uplift the economy of the state.
In this connection, the Fisheries department has started to organise review meetings in each district of the state.
On Monday, Ymbon visited East Jaintia Hills district while on Tuesday he was in West Jaintia Hills wherein he met the deputy commissioners and BDOs of two districts.
During these review meetings, the minister directed the officers of the fisheries department to submit reports on the status of the schemes in their respective departments for the benefit of the fish farmers.
Ympon urged the officials of the fisheries department to take up the schemes seriously and to help the fish farmers every way they can.
The minister also said the schemes for the fish farmers, like construction of fish ponds, should be done only after properly studying its feasibility so that funds are not wasted.
Ymbon also directed the officers to keep records of the fish seedlings so that account can be kept on the production of fishes.
“If we can first do this, it will be the start of instilling confidence in fish farmers so that they are able to supply fish to markets in the state and not wait for those from Andhra Pradesh,” the minister said.
During the two-day review meetings in the two districts of Jaintia Hills, Ymbon was accompanied by Director A. L Mawlong and other officers.
The fisheries minister also visited some of the fish ponds under the care of the department.
