Chandrababu Naidu requests Nitish Kumar to allow fish supplies into Bihar

Bihar is the second state to impose a ban on Andhra fish after a similar action was initiated last year by the Assam government

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday urged his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar to take steps to restore the fish trade involving the Andhra supplies in Bihar, in the larger interest of farmers and all those engaged in fisheries activity.

Last week Bihar government announced a ban, initially for 15 days, on fish from AP following the detection of high content of formalin and heavy metals like lead and cadmium in fish samples collected from 10 different locations within Patna Municipal Corporation area in October last year. 

In a letter addressed to the Bihar chief minister, Naidu stated that the