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India Gives Nod to 145 Aquaculture Ponds

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INDIA - The District Aquaculture Committee (DAC) has given permission for 145 aquaculture ponds out of 180 for which applications were made.

Collector and DAC chairman Gopalakrishna Dwivedi accorded final clearance to give a fillip to the sagging aquaculture sector in the district, reports The Hindu.

According to The Hindu, a total of 142 applications were made for ponds less than two hectares area, of them 137 were sanctioned and others were rejected owing to objections from different departments.

Thirty-eight applications were received for ponds measuring more than two hectares and eight were cleared.

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