Kiosk and Fish waste Processing unit at Kakdwip Research Center of ICAR-CIBA inaugurated

5^th December 2022, Kakdwip

Shri. Bankim Chandra Hazra, Minister of Sundarban Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal inaugurated the Kiosk and Fish waste Processing unit at Kakdwip Research Center of ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculturt, Chennai today.

The Minister appreciated the endeavour taken by CIBA for opening a Kiosk for the people of Sundarban. He also said its an unique idea to establish the Fishwaste processing unit for converting fishwaste to wealth. Shra Hazra later participated in the tree plantation programme.

Dr. Kuldeep K. Lal, Director, CIBA briefed about the purpose of the Kiosk. He said  aquafarmers of Sundarban will get information on the technologies developed by ICAR-CIBA and other ICAR institutes for their betterment and local villagers may also get fresh farm produce of KRC with reasonable cost.

Dr. Debasis De, Officer-in-Charge, KRC-CIBA elaborated on the purpose of establishing a Fishwaste processing unit and highlighted that it will not only help to convert the fishwaste to value added products i.e., Plankton ^Plus and Horti ^Plus for generating income of farmers of Sundarban but also will help to keep the environment of fish market clean.

(Source: ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculturt, Chennai)