After Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal returned from a week-long “fruitful” official visit to China, a special cell was constituted to review the progress of the issues taken up with Chinese authorities on Friday.
“The proposals like setting up of modern fish feed factory, advance freshwater fishery centre on the pattern of Freshwater Fishery Research Center (FFRC) at Wuxi, besides sponsoring Punjabi students interested in seeking Bachelor and Masters Degree in advanced fisheries from China would be put on the fast track mode by regular monitoring by a special cell to be headed by the Animal Husbandry Financial Commissioner,” said Badal.
He said that he would soon convene a meeting of all senior officers of the State Fisheries Department to regularly keep a tab on the progress of these issues.
Besides, he said, he would also work out the modalities for proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be inked between Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), ludhiana.
Badal also added that the Punjab Government would soon take up all these issues with the consulate of China through Indian Government for taking them to the logical end.On his return on Friday evening, Badal was accorded rousing welcome by his Cabinet and party colleagues.Badal described his visit as “very effective and fruitful”. He hoped that it would certainly yield positive results in due course of time in bringing blue revolution in Punjab.
The Chief Minister said that Punjabi fish farmers accompanying him were highly impressed by latest innovative and technological advancements adopted by their counterparts in China due to which they were getting a record production to 32-33 ton fish per hectare as compared to merely six ton per hectare in Punjab.
“Punjabi Fish farmers, with wide horizon and experience, can do miracles with their unbounded capacities and capabilities, provided they were supported by the novel technology and expertise,” he said.