UNBconnect... - Khaleda urged to raise hilsa supply to Kolkata
Khaleda urged to raise hilsa supply to Kolkata Reported by: UNBConnect
Reported on: October 30, 2012 11:08 AM
Reported in: National
New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNB) - Scarcity of Padma Hilsa in Kolkata found a mention at the luncheon meeting hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Monday.
This type of fish, which had been catering to the substantial demand of Bengal capital, is now short in supply and the fish reaching Kolkata are smaller ones, reports The Times of India.
"I mentioned about the major decline in their availability in our state capital. We were told that the catch from Bangladesh is exported to other parts of the world, including Delhi, because prices are high there. The leader also told us that there has been a major decline in Hilsa catch this year because of draught like situation," Raiganj MP Deepa Das Munshi said. She was one of those few who attended the luncheon meeting on Monday afternoon.
The Congress leader said they were informed that even in Bangladesh the price of the fish has increased and one fish weighing around 1.5kg now costs Rs 1,500. "I have requested that the supply in Kolkata should be increased," she added.
Earlier, this year, the Bangladesh government had imposed a temporary ban on export of Hilsa fish because of deficit rainfall in the region and since the quantity of Hilsa fish was less. Though Hilsa from Ganga is considered of superior quality, in the past 10-15 years catch from Indian waters has decreased significantly. This is due to rapid industrialization along the river and high level of pollution.
The situation is not so gloomy in Bangladesh, which produces more than half the global hilsa yield. Hilsa generates revenues that account for 1.3% of Bangladesh's GDP.
Khaleda Zia is now in New Delhi on a weeklong tour of India at the invitation of the Indian government.
Khaleda urged to raise hilsa supply to Kolkata Reported by: UNBConnect
Reported on: October 30, 2012 11:08 AM
Reported in: National
New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNB) - Scarcity of Padma Hilsa in Kolkata found a mention at the luncheon meeting hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Monday.
This type of fish, which had been catering to the substantial demand of Bengal capital, is now short in supply and the fish reaching Kolkata are smaller ones, reports The Times of India.
"I mentioned about the major decline in their availability in our state capital. We were told that the catch from Bangladesh is exported to other parts of the world, including Delhi, because prices are high there. The leader also told us that there has been a major decline in Hilsa catch this year because of draught like situation," Raiganj MP Deepa Das Munshi said. She was one of those few who attended the luncheon meeting on Monday afternoon.
The Congress leader said they were informed that even in Bangladesh the price of the fish has increased and one fish weighing around 1.5kg now costs Rs 1,500. "I have requested that the supply in Kolkata should be increased," she added.
Earlier, this year, the Bangladesh government had imposed a temporary ban on export of Hilsa fish because of deficit rainfall in the region and since the quantity of Hilsa fish was less. Though Hilsa from Ganga is considered of superior quality, in the past 10-15 years catch from Indian waters has decreased significantly. This is due to rapid industrialization along the river and high level of pollution.
The situation is not so gloomy in Bangladesh, which produces more than half the global hilsa yield. Hilsa generates revenues that account for 1.3% of Bangladesh's GDP.
Khaleda Zia is now in New Delhi on a weeklong tour of India at the invitation of the Indian government.
Everybody who will eat Hilsa without us be prepared to get delhi belly
