Fingerlings sowed into paddy fields  

Dedaye, 30 August

 

Fingerling fishes were sowed into the 250 acre paddy fields in Singu village-tract in Dedaye township, Phyabon district, Ayeyarwady region this morning.

 

U Tin Maung Maung, head of the District Fisheries Department, township administrator U Htet Myet Aung and departmental officials participated in the activity, releasing a total of 125000 fingerlings into the paddy fields.

 

The event is aimed at preventing different kinds of fish from extinction, providing local people with enough fish supply, said U Thein Han, head of the Township Fishery Department.—Myint Myint Khaing (Dedaye) 

 

Translated by Khine Thaw