The hub will include activities like fish seed production, feed production, cage culture and fish processing among others. It would have dedicated hatcheries, feed production units
Telangana to establish the world’s largest integrated freshwater aqua hub at Mid Manair Dam in Rajanna Sircilla.
KT Rama Rao, IT and Industries Minister announced this, he said the integrated freshwater aqua hub would generate annual exports of more than Rs 1,000 crore and create employment opportunities for 4,800 people directly and 7,000 people indirectly.
The hub will include activities like fish seed production, feed production, cage culture and fish processing among others. It would have dedicated hatcheries, feed production units, fish processing plants, export-oriented logistics and testing and R&D facilities as well.
According to the Minister’s LinkedIn post, the aqua project would be developed on 300 acres, on the Mid-Manair reservoir with 150 acres of water spread area already allocated from the 1,500 acres of the total water spread area of the reservoir. It is a first-of-its-kind aqua project. With a capacity to produce approximately 1.2L Metric Tonnes of fish per annum, securing annual exports of over Rs. 1000 Crores
The Aqua Hub has already generated a capital investment of Rs. 1300 crores from four players; the US-based Fishin’ Company, Rajanna Aqua, Mulpuri Aqua and Ananda Group. Additionally, TriumphantTelangana aims at setting up similar hubs across the state.
According to the local media, in the hatchery, 5,750 lakh metric tons of seedlings would be generated per annum. Two lakh metric tons of fish feed would be produced by utilising rice, maize, groundnut, soybean and poultry waste by supporting local farmers.
