The Odisha government has directed the Fisheries and Animal Resource Department (F&ARD) to expedite power and road connectivity to all the identified fishing clusters in the state, an official said on Thursday.
Odisha chief secretary AK Tripathy issued the direction to the F&ARD after meeting the members of the Sea Food Exporters Association of India (Odisha Region) here on Wednesday.
"Since the sector has vast scope for employment generation and enhancing of economic activity at the ground level, the state is committed to provide infrastructural support for making it more competitive in the international market," Tripathy said.
In the year 2018-2019, seafood export from Odisha was Rs 3,000 crore.
Association president Kamalesh Mishra, said: "The volume of sea food exports has increased because of the facilitating and promotional policies of the state government during last year."
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