To promote fish farming inPatialadistrict, an action plan of Rs.2.7 crore has been approved for the year 2021-22.
Additional deputy commissioner (Development) Preeti Yadav, who chaired a district-level meeting on Tuesday, said that funds for the action plan have been allocated.
Yadav allocated Rs 84 lakh for construction of new ponds, Rs 48 lakh for first year fertilizer feed, Rs 7.50 lakh for re-circulatory aquaculture system, Rs 60 lakh for biofloc and Rs 7.50 lakh for motorbikes with ice boxes under the action plan.
She said that the main objective of these projects were to promote fish farming in Patiala district by adopting it as a mean of livelihood and to increase the income of the farmers.