Mangalore, July 8: A well-equipped fish market constructed by Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation at a cost of Rs 10 lakhs under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was inaugurated by Minister for Youth Affairs and Fisheries Abhaychandra Jain at Kemral in Mangalore taluk on Monday.
Speaking after inaugurating the market, Mr Jain said that it was up to the local administrative body, fishing folk and the people to make the best use of this project as aspired by the central government, while maintaining cleanliness and safeguarding it from harm.
Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel said that people's response and support was equally important for projects undertaken by the government to construct well-equipped markets even for villages in the competitive world of trade.
KFDC founder-director V K Shetty said that the fish market was spread out over an area of 750 sq feet and had the provision of space for individual sellers to sit and display their wares. Other facilities such as provision of water, sluice-ways for water to flow out, tiled walls and bathrooms are on the anvil. The windows of the building have been fit with wired meshes to prevent crows and birds from venturing in, he said.
Kemral Gram Panchayat president Revathi Shettigar presided over the programme.
DK Zilla Panchayat member Eshwar Kateel, Taluk Panchayat members Baby S Kotian and Savithri G Suvarna, Gram Panchayat vice-president Richard D'Souza and water resources officer P F Miranda were present during the programme.
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