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NAGAON: As per directive of the National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad, its North East Regional Center (NFDB -NERC) in association with the NSS unit, College of Fisheries, AAU, Raha, Nagaon as well as the Department of Fisheries, Nagaon conducted a cleanliness-cum-awareness drive at Nagaon Borbazar wholesale fish market on Friday.
AK Borah, executive (Tech)-cum-officer in charge, NERC, Guwahati, Sushil Nath, DFDO, Nagaon, Imtiaz Ahmed, assistant professor, department of FRM and incharge of NSS unit of college of fisheries with his students, president and secretary of fish vendors, wholesalers as well as retailers of Nagaon Borbazar wholesale fish market participated in the programme and cleaned up the entire market following which the participants sanitized the market with bleaching powder.
Before the drive, the market was full of garbage, waste, foul fish as well as spoiled fish lying on the floor of the market which apparently poses threat to human health. During the programme, the fish traders were also awarded for hygienic handling of fish and procedure for maintaining good hygiene by the organizers.
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