Jalan Rajarhat Herylogged Turn Fishing Spots

Kolkata: Thousands of fishermen in Rajarhat and Bhangar have calculated losses worth some crores after fish and water from BRHER – which they keep at the cost of several lakhs every year – spill into the environment when the bodies of water overflow following heavy rain spells this week, encouraging A number of residents of new city to start fishing on the streets flooded near their homes.
Estimates of heavy rain have made fishermen worried and they began to secure them with bamboo nets and barricades.
“Fish and shrimp worth some crores have been broken or have spilled from our last week and we have no way to restore this loss.
We also watch video viruses from residents of the new city happily cheering while catching fish on the road.
But who will Paying our losses? “Asked Mirza Hasan, a fisherman from Machhibhanga Village in Blok Bhangar behind the new city.
In some villages around new cities, such as Machhibhanga, Kürberia, Pachuria, Kulberia, Bamunghata, Kulipara, Sardarpara under Bhangar II and Chandpur Division of Block Rajarhat and Bhangar, Fisheries is the main profession of more than 20,000 families.
Apart from shrimp, fish like Rohu, Carp (Katla), Labeo brick and Mrigal Carp cultivated in this brother.
“It hurts us when we see workers for months we will be a waste.
Fish have a habit of swimming against the tide.
During this rainy season, water from the River Bidyadhari has entered our brother, breaking the embankment and fish to swim into the river, slipping into the canal -Kanal is like Bagjola.
When water from the canal overflows, they are in the whole lane and bylane new city, “said Hossein Ali Molla, a fisherman from Kulipara.
Piu Mondal, a new city citizen whose video fishing on the track beside Uniworld City got 1,54,000 views and 4,200 shares in the last three days, said he had never seen such scenes in a new city.
But he added his heart to go to poor fishermen who suffered losses.
“I came out with a bicycle with my brother last Tuesday when we first saw hundreds of fish stretching in a flooded stretch when the bicycle lights fell on the water.
I called my uncle, who brought the fishing net from acquaintances and we fished from o’clock 10 nights to 1.40 in the morning.
We caught 5kg carp with another fish with a weight of more than 11kg.
We have several and distribute the rest among friends and family members, “said Mondal, a housewife.