Rs1.3 billion for uplift of fishing industry

KARACHI - Sindh government has taken initiatives to launch fifteen development schemes for growth of shrimp, prawns and other projects for the welfare of local fishermen worth Rs 1.3 billion. The progress on five schemes is underway and these would be completed within three to five years, said Anwarul Islam, Director Fisheries Sindh (Research and Development), at a press conference held here on Tuesday.

He said the fishing industry had been neglected by the previous government while for the first time the present regime has initiated to upgrade the fishing sector and to encourage the local fishermen and also to provide them required facilities.

Providing the details about the projects he said that, the provincial government is financing in thirteen schemes while the federal government is providing financial assistance in one project called ‘Master Plan development Aquaculture and Shrimp Farming Project, cost Rs 2.00 billion, similarly the other project of community development is being executed by Sindh Costal Development Authority (SCDA) in the collaboration with Asian Development Bank (ADB).