Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to benefit 60K fishermen in East Godavari

Rajamahendravaram: The Central government's recent economic package announced under the Atmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan benefit a lot to milk producers and fishermen in the district. Under the package, the government will commence Pradhana Mantri Matya Sampada Yojana shortly for overall development of fishermen community. As many as 60,000 fishermen families are living in 13 seashore mandals in the district.

Due to the package, the value of marine wealth will also be enhanced and fishermen get additional income and all the fishermen will be covered under insurance scheme. At present, one fishing  harbour in Kakinada and mini-harbour in Uppada are functioning.

Because of the package, the government will construct cold storage units to store marine products until the fishermen gets good price for their produce.

Under the package, the cattle will also get fodder grass under subsidy and all the 6.94 lakh cattle will get special identity number to get the subsidies. The district is producing as many as 24.70 lakh litres of milk daily. Moreover, many basic facilities also come up in the department.

An official in fisheries department has said that a report will be sent to the government after going through the package to utilise the funds.