Govt dangles help bait for fishermen

A sub-committee meeting discusses means and ways to boost fishing activities in State

Hyderabad: Chairing a Cabinet sub-committee meeting on professional communities, its Chairman and Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Tuesday said comprehensive develop ment of fishermen was a priority and a plan was being implemented for their economic development.

The meeting held at MCRHRD and attended by committee members, including Ministers T Harish Rao, E Rajender, P Srinivas Reddy, T Nageshwar Rao, J Krishna Rao and others, dealt at length on the all-round development and inclusive growth of rural areas.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had allotted Rs 100 crore for the welfare of professional communities to be developed with long term objectives for their empowerment, he said. He said the government was planning to offer membership in societies to all those into fishing activity and any sort of disturbance by some vested interests would not be tolerated. He urged the societies to offer membership to every family involved in fishing activity as their growth in phases was the priority of the State government.

The government had dropped fish seed into the lakes, water bodies in villages and now was ready to push for marketing for better business by constructing necessary stalls in districts and mandal headquarters, the Minister added.

As part of its plan to flourish the professional communities like fishermen, Yadavas, potters, weavers and others, the government was taking steps, he said.

With all details of these communities, the government had prepared a plan for inclusive growth and overall development of people in villages, the Minister said. This would help boost the rural economy in a big way as the government was planning to spend Rs 50 lakh each in district headquarters for marketing facility, he hoped.