Monday, July 15, 2019

Some 40 per cent fisheries destroyed in Bara district

Around 40 per cent fisheries in Bara have been destroyed by the floods triggered by incessant rainfall.
According to Fisheries Entrepreneurs’ Association Bara, the floods – in Bakaiya river and Pasaha river – has swept away around 4,000 metric tonnes of fish from different fish ponds in the district.
The floods mostly destroyed fisheries in Bodhban Rambaran, Baluwa, Kakadi of Kohlbi Municipality, Umajan, Pipara of Karaiyamai Rural Municipality, Kacharwa, Amritgunj, Uchidiha of Simraunagadh Municipality, and Benauli, Bairiya and Birta of Pachhrauta Municipality. Likewise, the floods destroyed fish ponds in Kawahi Goth of Subarna Rural Municipality and Rohahi of Devtal Rural Municipality, the association said, adding that farmers in the district have to bear huge loss after floods swept away fish from their ponds as they had aimed to produce more than 49,000 metric tonnes fish this year.
Around 2,040-hectare land has been used in the district for commercial pisciculture, according to Fish Development Office. “The continuous rainfall and floods destroyed fisheries in more than 815-hectare land.”
Apart from fishery, the incessant rainfall and floods also destroyed seasonal crops in 50,300-hectare land in the district, according to Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bara.

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