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HP CM directs Fisheries dept to adopt modern technology to enhance fish production

Shimla, Nov 5 (UNI) While presiding over the meeting of the Fisheries Department today, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed the department to incorporate modern technology to enhance the shelf life of fish produce.
He said that the state government would establish new hatcheries and cold stores along the rivers and water reservoirs to benefit the farmers engaged in this occupation. Sukhu directed the department to identify suitable land parcels to set up new cold stores across the state.
He said that the present state government was emphasising to strengthen the rural economy and fisheries sector had a significant role to play in this regard.
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