CIFRI Awards
On the occasion of 76th foundation day of ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute 30,000 (thirty thousand) IMC fishes were released into the Ganga river at Arail Ghat, Prayagraj. It comprises advance size fingerlings of Catla, Rohu, and Mrigal fishes. The ranching programme was conducted for conservation and restoration of fish species that are becoming extinct in the Ganga river. The event was organized under the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) project. Dr. D.N. Jha, the center head of the institute informed the audience about the river Ganga and Namami Gange programme in brief. Dr. A. Alam, scientist of the institute told about fishes of river and its importance. The chief guest of the occasion, Dr. Sunanda Chaturvedi, Principal, HNB PG college, Naini, Prayagraj while addressing the function, explained the importance of the river Ganga and called for keeping it clean. Dr Awadhesh Kumar Jha, Professor, HNB PG college, Naini participated in the program and said about the importance of Ganga for human civilisation and to save it. On this occasion, Shri Rajesh Sharma, Convenor Ganga Vichar Manch, and National Mission for Clean Ganga administered oath to all to keep Ganga clean. Dr. Shravan Kumar Sharma, Scientist of the institute, Sri Manvendra Singh, the pilgrims, fishermen, and locals also kept their views in the meeting and everyone expressed their resolve to keep the Ganga clean.
The program was attended by the students of the HNB PG college, pilgrims, fishermen from nearby villages, fish traders, and local people living on the banks of Ganga. At the end of the program, Dr. Venkatesh R Thakur, Scientist, while expressing his vote of thanks, assured that with the participation of the society for successfully achieving the objectives of this project. Other Scientists, officers, research scholars, etc. participated in the program and addressed the gathering.
