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JATKA-WEEK-END
Jatka Conservation Week-2018 ends in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA, Mar 3, 2018 (BSS) – Jatka Conservation Week-2018 ended in Sadar
upazila of the district on Friday with a call to ensure the sustainable
production of national fish Hilsha.
This year’s theme of the week was “We will not catch jatka: Fishermen
remain alive, Country smiles”.
Marking the week, Sadar upazila administration and upazila fisheries
office chalked out elaborate programmes till March 2.
The programmes included bringing out rally, holding motivational meeting
to the students and awareness campaign to the fishermen living on the river
bank, conducting mobile courts at hats and bazaars and arrangement of ha-du-
du and swimming competitions to the fishermen and distributing prizes to the
winners.
On the concluding day, a discussion organised by Sadar Upazila Fisheries
Office was also held at the auditorium of Gidari Union Parishad Complex with
Union Parishad (UP) chairman Harun-or-Rashid Edu in the chair.
Sanjoy Banerjee, senior upazila fisheries officer, attended the meeting as
the main focal person and said Hilsha fish had been playing remarkable role
in our national culture, employment generation, poverty alleviation, earning
foreign exchange and fulfilling the protein demand of the people since long.
He also urged all individuals and organisations concerned to come forward
with positive attitude to preserve the jatka anyhow to help boost production
of Hilsha in the river of the Brahmaputra.
A good number of people including fishermen, public representatives,
political leaders, local elite and journalists participated in the meeting.
Earlier, whip of the Jatiya Sangshad and local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum
Gini formally inaugurated the week through participating in the rally on
February 24 as the chief guest.
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