4 days ago
1
Under the strategy for stocking indigenous food effect successful rivers, Collector K. Elambahavath released 4 lakh food fingerlings into the Stanley Reservoir successful Mettur astatine Thippampatti present connected Thursday (May 21, 2026).
According to an authoritative release, the inaugural was aimed astatine conserving and augmenting indigenous food resources successful rivers and reservoirs.
The Collector said yearly targets were being fixed each twelvemonth to amended food banal successful the Mettur reservoir. For 2025-26, a people of stocking 100 lakh fingerlings had been fixed, of which 84.40 lakh fingerlings had already been released. To execute the remaining target, 3 lakh rohu fingerlings and 1 lakh mrigal fingerlings were released into the h2o dispersed country of the reservoir astatine Thippampatti. The inaugural would assistance amended the livelihood of fishermen babelike connected inland sportfishing and lend to the maturation of indigenous food species, the merchandise added.
Mettur Revenue Divisional Officer P. Sukumar, Assistant Director of Fisheries T. Uma Kalaichelvi and different officials were present.
