A modern fish landing centre in Cox's Bazar will improve the landing, preservation, management and marketing of fish, State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said. He expects it to help fishers get fair prices and bring positive change to post-harvest handling in the sector.
He was speaking on Thursday (12 November) while inspecting construction under the project "Improvement of Fish Landing Centre of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation in Cox's Bazar District", implemented by the BFDC. He urged that the project, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), be finished on time while maintaining proper quality.
The project costs an estimated Tk 232.83 crore and runs from January 2024 to December 2027. Once complete, the centre's annual fish landing capacity will rise from 7,000 to 14,000 metric tonnes, and its annual ice production capacity from 5,000 to 7,500 metric tonnes.
It is also expected to provide berths for 40 more fishing boats a day and cut the waiting time to unload fish from trawlers by about two hours.
Officials briefed the state minister on progress and on steps to modernise the centre. The construction is being carried out by the Japanese contractor JDC-Konoike Joint Venture; its managers Hazui and Ikeda, BFDC Cox's Bazar manager Habibul Islam, deputy project director Swaeb Saleheen and other JICA and BFDC officials were present. The report is from BSS.
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Source: BSS
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