Summary:
Sahni told reporters after the meeting that the CM gave him positive assurance with regard to lifting the ban on live fishes.Fisheries associations, however, do not seem to be content with lifting of the ban on live fishes. Mohan Kumar, vice-president of Bihar Rajya Machchli Vyavsai Sangh, said live fishes form a small chunk of total fishes in Bihar.“The stock of live fishes in the state will not last for even two months. Thus, we want the ban on fishes to be lifted completely. Otherwise, we will stop sale of fishes across the state,” Mohan said.Meanwhile, the health department is in the process of collecting samples of fishes from all 38 districts in the state and send them to Regional Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL), Kolkata for tests. Bihar Rajya Machchli Vyavsai Sangh was also scheduled to launch a protest march on Friday from Bazar Samiti to Gardanibagh dharna sthal.Meanwhile, state food and consumer affairs minister Madan Sahni met chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday to put forth the demand of the fishermen and traders’ community..