India, May 24 -- Shri George Kurian, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Minority Affairs arrived in Aizawl today. He was received at Lengpui Airport by Mr. Lalthansanga, Fisheries Minister, Er. Lalrothanga, Fisheries Department Secretary, Ms. Laltleipuii, Fisheries Director and other department officials.

The Union Minister visited private fish ponds in Lengpui as well as the proposed site for the Fish Farmers' Training Centre under the North Eastern Council (NEC), Laldenga Fisheries Demonstration Farm, Lengpui. On this occasion, the Fisheries Minister and department officials conveyed the challenges faced by fish farmers in Mizoram, and sought the Minister's approval for project proposals submitted to...