Burmese fish come to Guwahati illegally!

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Burmese supari gives police sleepless nights in Assam. However, the illegal supply of fish to Guwahati from Burma (Myanmar) seems to bother none among the authorities concerned.

Reports glut the media over syndicates of fish imported to the state from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal etc. Fish from Myanmar continues to come to Guwahati illegally. How does the racket involved in this shady business give the watchdogs concerned a slip?

Sources say that a racket regularly supplies mainly two fish species – Hilsa (ilish) and Catla (bhokua) – to Guwahati from Myanmar. The racket brings the fish to Guwahati in some passenger buses via Manipur and Nagaland. According to sources, after dropping passengers in Guwahati, the buses go to their target traders in the city and drop fish consignments. The traders then distribute the fish in different parts of the city in trucks.

Burmese fish has high demand in Guwahati because their flavour is fresher than other fishes imported from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, which take longer transportation time.

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