Chief ministerYS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed officials to prepare an action plan for setting up of a fish landing centre at Kothapatnam in Prakasam district and for development of afishing harbourin Kakinada. He also asked officials to focus on developing the fishing harbour inVisakhapatnam.
The chief minister said that he wants officials to complete four fishing harbours Uppada (East Godavari), Nizampatnam (Guntur), Machilipatnam (Krishna) and Juvvala Dinne (Nellore) in the first phase by December 2022. The second phase will see fishing harbours come up in Budagatlapalem (Srikakulam), Pudimadaka (Visakhapatnam), Biyyaputhippa (West Godavari) and at the Prakasam district port.