Agartala, April 14 -- Tripura Fisheries Minister Sudhangshu Dason on Monday announced that the state Fisheries Department of Tripura has decided to supply a total of 6,000 Kgs of fish varieties including Hilsa at subsidized prices directly to the customers on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh-the Bengali New Year Day.

Following the development, Minister Das asserted that the department has taken up the initiative in a move to make Bengali New Year celebrations more affordable.

According to Das, fish is an unavoidable part of the Bengali platter on the first day of the Bengali New Year and hence his department has taken this decision.

"The prices of fish rise exorbitantly on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh because of the huge demand. In o...