PANAJI
The coastal villages of Betul in South Goa and Arambol in North Goa are among 100 climate-resilient fishing villages that the Central Government plans to develop. This initiative aims to strengthen the economic resilience of coastal communities affected by climate change.
The villages will be developed under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) with expenditure of Rs two crore per village to enhance infrastructure and promote sustainable livelihoods.
According to the reply tabled by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying before the Lok Sabha, the initiative aims to improve resilience against climate change by providing facilities like fish drying yards, processing centres, and emergency rescue facilities, while also supporting climate-resilient practices such as seaweed cultivation and green fuel initiatives.
“Centre has identified 100 coastal fishermen villages situated close to the coastline as Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages (CRCFV) to make them climate resilient and economically vibrant fishermen village. The implementation of the projects on CRCFV, with 100% central funding under the PMMSY has been taken up with a unit cost of Rs. 2 crore per village for development of essential fisheries related facilities,” the Ministry said.
The cost of development of identified facilities at an identified fishing village shall be distributed in the manner as 70% of unit/estimated cost towards infrastructure facilities and 30% of unit/estimated cost towards fisheries economic activities.
“The fisheries development activities in the identified coastal fishermen villages shall mainly focus on creation of basic infrastructure facilities required for smooth conduct of fisheries post-harvest related activities like fish drying platforms, fish markets, ice plants, cold storages etc, creation of climate resilient and sustainable livelihood opportunities like seaweed farming, ornamental fish farming and other aquaculture activities for supporting the fishers living in the coastal fishermen villages,” the Ministry said.
