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Minister releases fingerlings in lake in Namakkal
Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare M. Mathiventhan released fingerlings in a lake in the district on Saturday.
As part of the River Ranching Programme, the Minister released 25,000 native fish varieties at Mathiyampatti Lake in Vennandur panchayat in Rasipuram taluk.
At the function, the Minister said that in the agricultural budget for 2025-26, Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam announced that fingerlings would be stocked in water bodies to increase the native fish varieties and prevent them from extinction. Based on it, in Namakkal district, the target was fixed to stock four lakh fingerlings in water bodies that come under the control of the Rural Development department. Already, in 2024-25, two lakh native variety fingerlings were stocked in the water bodies in Namakkal district, the Minister added.
Later, Mr. Mathiventhan laid the foundation and started construction works for the Rasipuram Tahsildar office at ₹5 crore. To be constructed on 12,658 sq. feet, the two storey building will have Tahsildar's room, a computer room, an office room, toilets, and a registration room.
The Minister also participated in the ground breaking ceremony for constructing an overhead water tank at ₹18 lakh in Minnakkal panchayat, and laying cement concrete roads on Arunthathiyar Street in Komarapalayam at ₹20 lakh.
District Collector Durgamoorthi, Rajya Sabha member K.R.N. Rajeshkumar, and officials participated.
