Vijay Rupani lays basis of contemporary fishing harbour in Gir Somnath

CHIEF MINISTER Vijay Rupani laid the root stone of a contemporary fishing harbour at Nava Bandar close to Una in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday and mentioned the fisheries manufacturing within the state had touched 8.58 lakh metric tonnes because of the pleasant insurance policies and incentives via the state govt.

Rupani flew to Nava Bandar and laid the ceremonial basis stone of the trendy fisheries harbour which can be advanced at the price of Rs 300 crore.

Addressing a public assembly after laying the root stone, Rupani mentioned that the proposed harbour could be a world-class facility for fishermen. “The federal government is dedicated to welfare of sagarkhedu (fishermen) of the state. Paintings is in development for construction of Veraval, Mangrol, Sutrapada and Modhwada harbours. Land allocated to GIDC (Gujarat Business Construction Company) has been transferred to the fisheries division and clearances had been sought from surroundings division for additional construction,” he mentioned.

Due to beneficial coverage surroundings created via the state govt, fisheries manufacturing within the state had touched 8.58 lakh metric tonnes within the yr 2019-20 and that fisheries merchandise value Rs5000 crore have been exported, the CM added.

“Greater than 29,000 fishing boats are registered within the state. The federal government has larger subsidy on kerosene from Rs15 in line with litre to Rs 25 in line with litre for fishermen. We now have additionally helped fishermen via giving them concession in different cess. We now have additionally ensured repatriation of 7100 fishing boats seized via Pakistan,” an legit free up quoted the CM as having said whilst addressing the general public assembly.

Fisheries and Tourism Minister Jawahar Chavda mentioned that the federal government was once making plans to make schemes like diesel and kerosene subsidy on-line and credit score quantity of subsidy at once into financial institution accounts of beneficiaries for speedier disposal of programs