Action Plan for Intensive Aquaculture At BTC Kokrajhar, Assam With Emphasis On Construction of New Ponds/Tanks

CLIENT: APPROVED BY: MR. M.C. SAHU (IAS) PRINCIPAL SECRETARY BTC, ASSAM CONSULTANT: MKK CONSULTING PVT LTD CHECKED BY: MR.P.K.HAZARIKA NODAL OFFICER BTC, ASSAM REPORT SUBMITTED TO: NFDB HYDERABAD BTC CENTRAL SCHEMES, ASSAM

ACTION PLAN FOR INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE AT BTC KOKRAJHAR, ASSAM WITH EMPHASIS ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PONDS/TANKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: PROJECT INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 PROJECT OBJECTIVES PROPOSED PROJECT PROJECT LOCATION PROJECT DOMICILE

CHAPTER 2: PROJECT RATIONALE 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND LOCATION DEMOGRAPHY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE TRANSPORTAION & CONNECTIVITY

CHAPTER 2.1: PROJECT ACTION PLAN CHAPTER 3: INFRASTRUCTURE LAYOUT 3.1 3.2 3.3 SITE PLAN (REARING PONDS/TANKS) STRUCTURE LAYOUT PLAN (PONDS/TANKS) MODEL FISH MARKET PLAN

CHAPTER 4: PROJECT COST & MEANS OF FINANCE 4.1 ESTIMATED PROJECT COST/ MEANS OF FINANCING

CHAPTER 5: DEMAND ASSESSMEMENT, RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION FRAMEWORK 5.1 5.2 DEMAND ASSESSMENT KEY RISKS AND MITIGATION MEASURES

CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT 6.1 6.2 6.3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISH REARING PONDS/TANKS EXPECTED EMPLOYMENT EXPECTED INVESTMENT

CHAPTER 7: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 7.1 7.2 PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ROLE OF PROJECT CONSULTANT

ANNEXURES: (A) ESTIMATION OF POND/TANK FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATION

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The objective is to start an intensive Aquaculture Development at Boroland Territorial Council (Western part of Assam), with varied infrastructure promoting the development of fisheries in the region along with socio economic development as a whole 1.2 PROPOSED PROJECT

The project conceives development of area of 4255 Hectares of wet land at BTC Kokrajhar for addressing the need based development of Fisheries in such region. The identified heads of intervention are tabulated as follows
Total Serial No. (I) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Items Area(Ha) Intensive Aquaculture in Ponds & Tanks: Construction of New Ponds & Tanks(Pvt.)@ INR 6.5 Lakh/Ha Construction of new fish seed Hatchery @INR 16 Lakh/Unit Construction of fish seed rearing farm@ INR 4 Lakh/Ha Renovation /Upgradation of existing Govt. Fish seed Hatchery @ INR 4 Lakh/Unit Renovation of existing Govt. rearing farm @ INR 2 Lakh/Ha Establishment of fresh water prawn hatchery @ INR 30 Lakh/Unit Brood stock development programme (need based) @ INR 10 Lakh/Ha Renovation of existing ponds and tanks (pvt.) @ INR 75,000/Ha Capacity building for farmers by Exposure visits for 5 days @ INR 650/each , resource persons @INR 1500 each , Implement agency @ INR 75 each Demonstration of intensive fish culture in beels / chaurs @ INR 0.6 Lakh/Ha Input cost for integrated fish farming with Livestock ,Agriculture, Horticulture @ INR 10 Lakh/Ha Oxbow Lake/Beel/Wetland/Reservoir Fisheries Development :Training and demonstration: 500 Nos @ INR 650 each for 5 days Seed stocking in Beels 12-13 @ INR 2000 Unit Total Fixed Budget (INR)/Lakhs

100 4 50 4 50 1 5 100

650 64 200 16 100 30 50 75

43.75

10 11 (II) 1 2

200 50

120 500

16.87 180

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3 4 5 6 7 8

(III) 1 (IV) 1 2

3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Nos/Ha , @ INR 3 each for 5000 Ha Reverine fisheries conservation, awareness @ INR 2 Lakh Restoration of wetland /Beels @ INR 10 Lakh/Ha Restoration of river connecting channels and water regulatory structures @ INR 20 Lakh/unit Fish seed rearing tanks in beel sites @ INR 4 Lakh/Ha Development of fish breeding grounds : Beels/Wetland/Nursery @ INR 5 Lakh/Ha Development of Fishermen Model Aquaculture village(New) @ INR 30 Lakh/Unit Excavators for development of water regulatory system and breeding ground dev. De-siltation of Beels /Wetland/Rivers @ INR 50 Lakh/Unit Infrastructure for Post-Harvest Processing:Mordernisation of fish landing center @ INR 20 Lakh/Each Fish dressing center and solar drying of fish Model fish dressing centers @ INR 150 Lakh/Unit Solar drying of fish : @ INR 25 Lakh/Unit @ INR 6 Lakh/Unit Platform for sun drying of fish @ INR 0.35 Lakh/Unit Training Demonstration Domestic Marketing Modernization of whole sale market @ INR 250 Lakh/Unit New retail market complex and retail outlets @ INR 100 Lakh/Unit Setting up of retail outlets@ INR 10 Lakh/Unit Retailing by fisherwoman @ INR 10 Lakh/Unit Training on hygienic handling of fish Organisation of fish festivals @ INR 50 Lakhs Publicity and awareness campaign @ INR 10.00 Lakhs each Insulated vehicles for fish transport @ INR 50 Lakhs each Fish carrying van @ INR.3.00 Lakhs

100 200 10 50 50 110

200 2000 200 200 250 3300

100

10

200

2 2 10 10

300 50 60 3.5 25.52

2 4 10 10

500 400 100 100 5.13

2 4 4 20

100 40 200 60

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(V) 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 (VI)

(VII) 1

Other innovative activities Ornamental backyard Hatchery @ Rs 1.00 Lakh/Unit Medium scale ornamental breeding and rearing unit @ Rs 8.00 Lakh/Unit Integrated ornamental fishery unit @ Rs 15.00 Lakh/Unit Establishment of feed mill Medium scale @ INR 25 Lakh/Unit Small Scale @ INR 7 Lakh/Unit Artificial reef fish aggregating @ INR 2 Lakhs/Ha Crafts & Gears @ INR 1 Lakhs/Unit Organising national seminar , Government workshop and related activities @ Rs.5.00 Lakhs HRD Training of fisheries officials and organisation of seminar@ Rs.10.00 Lakhs Lump Sum Administration & Building Establishment of Laboratory and fish health investigation @ INR 35 Lakhs/Unit

4 4 4 1 10 200 100 2

4 32 60 25 70 400 100 10

10

140

The project is sought to be funded by National Fisheries Development Board for the subsidy part and MNREGA for the Loan contribution part 1.3 PROJECT LOCATION

The proposed location for the project is BTC comprising of mainly four districts of Assam namely Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang and Udalguri 1.4 PROJECT DOMICILE

The project will house the interventions as narrated in the above table with modern technologies for implementation

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CHAPTER 2: PROJECT RATIONALE

2.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Bodoland is the gateway to the beautiful North Eastern Region of India, which was created very recently by curving out some area of eight districts of Assam namely Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darang and Sonitpur within the state of Assam. It is an autonomous Administrative unit constituted under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India covering an area of 8795 Sq. Km 2.2 LOCATION The geographical boundary of BTC lies between 260 7'12'' N to 260 47' 50'' N Latitude and 890 47' 40'' E to 920 18' 30'' E Longitude and is in the North Western part of Assam. Kokrajhar town the

Administrative Head Quarter lies roughly between 260 25' N Logitude and 990 16' 38'' E Latitude. Its strategic location is blessed with beautiful forests with of flora and founa.

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