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Reviving fishing: 30,000 fish seeds released in Keenjhar Lake

Hotel of international standard would be built at the lake

Our Correspondent January 31, 2019 Less than a minute read

Keenjhar Lake, located 122km away from Karachi is the second-largest fresh water lake in Pakistan. PHOTO: SARAH MUNIR

HYDERABAD: Aiming to revive fishing in Keenjhar Lake in Thatta district, 30,000 fertilsed fish eggs, also known as seeds of fish, of various breeds were released in the lake at a ceremony on Wednesday.

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Sindh livestock and fisheries minister Abdul Bari Pitafi said that under a project for revival of fishing in the lake, 600,000 seeds of fish will be released in the lake in several phases by June, 2019.

He also announced that a hotel of international standard would be built at the lake to promote local and foreign tourism.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31^st, 2019.