Trout blues: As Manasbal Feed Unit pauses production, Kashmir fish farmers appeal LG Sinha

Srinagar, Apr 26: Trout Fish Farms across Kashmir are facing acute shortage of feed, as the only  Government facility of Fisheries Department at Manasbal has developed some technical defects nearly a month ago.

Sources informed that Fisheries Department has reportedly procured the requisite spare part(s) from abroad, which are required for repairing the Feed Mill at Manasbal, but reportedly, the same has been confiscated by Customs Department at Delhi and has not been released till date.

“The non-arrival of the paraphernalia has left all the Trout Fish Farms without feed for almost a month now”, they told GNS.

“The private trout fish farmers are being forced to procure feed from some private outlets located in South Kashmir, which are however reportedly selling it (fish feed) at exorbitant and inflated rates,” they said.

Ziraat Times could not immediately obtain Fisheries’ Department’s version of the story.

With the Mansbal Feed Mill still closed and no possibility of immediate respite, the fish farmers have appealed the LG led Administration to step in  to ensure that the Manasbal feed unit is up and runnit and uninterrupted supply of Fish Feed is.made available to farmers.

(GNS)