80 crore fish will be dropped in water bodies on Aug 16: Talasani

Hyderabad: Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said the fisheries production will get a push in the State to empower fishermen, as the government will take up a programme on August 16.

"This time, we will drop 80 crore fish in assorted 24,000 ponds, water bodies and lakes in the State," he said.

The Minister held a review meeting with officials at Secretariat here and asked them to make necessary arrangements for the fish drive across the State.

Srinivas said as per the directive of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, fishermen will get a boost through the drive.

"We will be ready on August 16 to drop fish in lakes, ponds and water bodies in the State as planned," he added.

Talasani said he would drop fish in the lakes at the Kaleshwaram project in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on August 16.

He directed the officials to complete the process of tendering and get ready for the drive of dropping fish in selected lakes in the districts.

He also said all other Ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs would be involved in the fish drive along with local leaders and officials.

"We called tenders to drop five crore fish in the lakes and water bodies as the scheme gave better results during last two years," he said.