STATE TIMES NEWS
LEH: Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Abdul Gani Kohli, on Tuesday inaugurated a fish farm at Chuchot Shamma, Leh in presence of Minister for Ladakh Affairs and Cooperative Tsering Dorjey and MLA Leh Nawang Rigzin Jora.
Funded by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) under its Environment Management Plan, the farm is being built at a cost of Rs. 1.18 crore.
Kohli expressed hope that the farm will help in employing many locals and said the project has the potential of immediate returns. Executive Councilors, nominated Councilor Saida Bano, Joint Director Fisheries, Assistant Director Fisheries, and heads of various Government Departments, besides a large number of locals were also present on the occasion.
