Fish production increased significantly in Telangana: Jagadish

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said that the fish production has increased significantly like paddy production in the State due to initiatives of the State government. Releasing fishlings into Pedda Cheruvu of Nakrekal in the district, Jagdish Reddy said that the state government has been according equal priority to agriculture and its […]

Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday said that the fish production has increased significantly like paddy production in the State due to initiatives of the State government.

Releasing fishlings into Pedda Cheruvu of Nakrekal in the district, Jagdish Reddy said that the state government has been according equal priority to agriculture and its allied sectors which were receiving about 60 percent of the share in the budget since 2014 after the State formation. He reminded that revival of irrigation tanks aged back to the Kakatiya dynasty and their revival under Mission Kakatiya boosted the fish farming in the State. The steps taken up by the State government have revived traditional occupations, which have improved the incomes of the rural people. The initiatives taken up Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to turn the State as Bangaru Telangana have strengthened the rural economy, he added.

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The Minister said that over six crore fishlings would be released into irrigation tanks in erstwhile Nalgonda district in this year. Stating that Telangana stood on top in welfare and development in the country in a short span of seven years, he said that the welfare schemes being implemented by the State government, have become role models for the entire country. In the last seven years, the State has witnessed more development than that was witnessed in the previous 70 years, he maintained.

Nakrekal MLA Chirumarthi Lingaiah reminded that Pedda Cheruvu was restored to its full tank level and was being developed as a mini-tank bund. One lakh fishlings would be released into Pedda Cheruvu, which is spread across 67.5 hectares, he added.

Rajya Sabha member Badugula Lingaiah Yadav, and officials of fisheries department were also attended the programme.