Kolkata, Sep 26 (KNN) In order to boost the sector employing hundreds to micro entrepreneurs and attract tourists, the West Bengal Fisheries department will open its food stall “All fish” before the Pujas.

The West Bengal Housing and Infrastructure Development Department will handover 100 hectare of water-bodies in New Town to the State Fisheries Department Corporation.

In a release, AITC said a space in Eco Park’s Heliconia garden will also be given to SFDC to set up its stall “All Fish.” The decision to hand over the water bodies was based upon a directive of the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that different departments should hand over water bodies to the fisheries department for fish farming at a meeting presided over by her on June 3 in the Town Hall.

Accordingly, the water bodies at Upasanashthal (8.74 hectare), water treatment plant (30 hectare), Eco Urban village (15 hectare), SWM area (30 hectare), Diler bheri (17 hectare) were identified to be handed over to SFDC on a 50: 50 profit sharing basis after a moratorium of one year.

The SFDC would try to open the “All fish” stall in Eco Park by October 2.  HIDCO would source its fish requirements for Café Ekante from SFDC as much as possible. SFDC already runs a stall in Nalban.

The All Fish stall will be a star attraction at Prakriti Tirtha as the tourists from other states and countries would love to taste the various preparations of fish, staple to Bengali cuisine.

As the “All fish” stall will be opened before the Pujas it is likely to grab attention. A similar stall is also being opened opposite Nabanna, the State Secretariat, AITC added.