Krishna - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Krishna at Lokmat Times

The state government, which will be unveiling its mega plans on World Fisheries Day on Thursday, proposes to develop fishing harbours and jetties for hygienic landing of marine catch, tap deep sea fishery resources, dredge river mouths for easier passage of vessels, and promote marine cage farming and implement fishermen welfare schemes, among others, officials said on Wednesday.Andhra Pradesh is already the largest producer of fish and prawns in the country and contributes 40 per cent of India's total marine exports value. Fisheries contribute 7.4 per cent to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and provide employment opportunities to 14.5 lakh people.The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government feels that over the past few years marine and inland fisheries in the state suffered due to lack of sustained attention by the earlier governments as well as factors such as dwindling catch, no value addition and processing, increased pollution and climate change, lack of diversification of species and diseases."The previous Telegu Desam Party-led government had given permission to set up pharma companies in the hatchery zones in East Godavari District, which are polluting the sea in that zone. In our action plan, once an area is declared as a hatchery zone, no other industries will be given permission in that area," said Fisheries Minister Mopidevi Venkatramana Rao.The government has allocated Rs 100 crores to develop three new fishing harbours at Vodarevu (Prakasam district), Uppada (East Godavari) and Juvvaladinne (Nellore) and strengthen the existing harbours in Nizampatnam (Guntur) and Machilipatnam (Krishna). It will also develop fish landing centres (FLCs) at Manchinillapeta, Rallapeta (Srikakulum) and Biyyaputippa (West Godavari) and a mini jetty at Chintapalli (Vijayanagaram).The government increased the budget for the Fisheries Department from Rs 386 crores during 2018-19 to Rs 551 crores during 2019-20. It also proposes to spend Rs 56.53 crores to set up 46 integrated aqua labs for use of tested and quality inputs for aquaculture.The government has also provided Rs 78.24 crores as compensation to 16,559 fishermen affected by the dispute with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), doubled ex gratia to deceased fishermen's families from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 10 lakhs, reduced power tariff, and increased diesel subsidy to Rs 9 per litre from Rs 6.03 per litre.( With inputs from IANS )

KrishnaFOLLOW

Krishna, Latest News

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday resumed boat services in river Krishna, nearly four months after they were halted in the state in the aftermath of tragic boat capsize incident on river Godavari that claimed more than 50 lives. ...

Twinkle Khanna's fiction novel 'Pyjamas are Forgiving' has won the Crossword Book Award (Popular) for Fiction for last year. ...

It's very easy to judge V.K. Krishna with his long record of pluses and minuses; on what he accomplished he commands plaudits, on what he blotched up, he deserves strictures, writes former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh in his meticulously researched b ...

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha on Wednesday accused former state chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu of being responsible for the chaotic situation in Krishna and Guntur district. ...

A sharp division has emerged in the IPS cadre in Uttar Pradesh after Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Gautam Buddha Nagar district Vaibhav Krishna stated that he had sent a secret report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about police official ...

A sharp division has emerged in the IPS cadre in Uttar Pradesh after Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of district Gautam Buddha Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna stated that he had sent a secret report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the police off ...

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday released a video, "containing a list of those persons who have resorted to insider trading scam during the TDP regime under the Chief Ministership of N Chandrababu Naidu in the Amaravati capital region in 2014." ...

The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to give a major push to the fisheries sector by improving infrastructure and technology for inland and marine fisheries and aquaculture to raise production. ...