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Feeding chicken waste to catfish continues
Some unscrupulous pisciculture farmers are feeding the pangasius fish with chicken waste in their farms which is dangerous for human consumption.
​Kothakota (Wanaparthy): Some unscrupulous pisciculture farmers are feeding the pangasius fish with chicken waste in their farms which is dangerous for human consumption.
The farmers still continue to raise pangasius fish after the government banned the catfish rearing. However, in a bid to get more profits to make the fish big, some of them are feeding chicken waste to the fish which is prohibited.
A number of farmers are cultivating pangasius fish in Rampuram, Rangapuram, Buniadhipuram, Gummadam and other villages in Pebberu mandal of Wanaparthy district.
They are supposed to feed the fish with a recommended feed. However, some of them are clandestinely feeding the fish with chicken waste procured from poultry farms.
Officials took stern action against catfish farmers. Some of the fish ponds were found destroyed. After the catfish was completely banned, the farmers still continue to cultivate the fish. Consumption of the catfish is harmful, the officials warned.
Radha Rani, assistant director of Fisheries Department, clarified that there are hardly any instance of chicken waste being fed to the fish in the district. “It is true that the farmers are rearing pangasisus fish but they are not using chicken waste,” she asserted.
The fish ponds are drawing water from the Krishna river and releasing the polluted water into the river again, it has been alleged.
Tirupathaiah, a fisherman, lamented against the ongoing practice even after state government’s several initiatives to boost fishing sector. He appealed to the officers concerned to take stringent action against the persons indulge in such malpractices.
Farmers Rangaswamy and Lavanna alleged that people from other states are resorting to such practices for easy money. Their greed harm local fishermen, they criticised.
Speaking to The Hans India, Fisheries Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav warned the farmers to abandon the illegal practice immediately.
Otherwise stringent action would be taken against the people who involved in it, the minister said. He reminded that the officers gave a 24-hour deadline to the farmers,
who are feeding the chicken waste to the fish, to stop doing it. Stating that the officials had reacted promptly, the minister assured the farmers that they would get quality fish seeds.
