ICAR-CIFRI celebrated the World River Day in River Ganga
24 September, 2024
Rivers are lifelines of civilization and India worships them as life-giving mother and Goddesses.
The Ganga is the longest and holiest river in India sustaining about 65 crore people making it the most populated river basin on earth. Fish are the true inhabitants and care takers of rivers, and ICAR-CIFRI felt it appropriate to celebrate the World Rivers Day 2024 through restoration of commercial carp fisheries in River Ganga for improving the riverine ecosystem and fishers’ livelihood. On 24 Sept. 2024 Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Secretary, Department. of Fisheries, Government of India and Dr. Bijay Kumar Behera, Chief Executive, National Fisheries Development Board visited the
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute and, on the occasion, released 50,000 wild-bred fingerlings of Indian Major Carps in River Ganga at Barrackpore, gesturing the ongoing mega seed ranching program under NMCG. Besides Dr. B.K. Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, scientists, technical officers and research scholars of the Institute, about 100 fishermen and women participated in the event. An awareness activity on significance of responsible fishing on the riverine fisheries and fishers’ livelihood was also organized on the occasion.
