The government has decided to establish a dried fish processing industry in Cox’s Bazar with an estimated cost of Tk 1.99 billion by 2023.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a project, ‘Establishment of Dried Fish Processing Industry in Cox’s Bazar District’ in this regard, reports UNB.
Planning Division Secretary Md Ashadul Islam said Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation will implement the project at Khurushkul area in Cox’s Bazar from January 2021 to December 2023.
The objectives of the project include producing quality dried fish, reducing fish wastage, increasing dried fish production, and improving the dried fish preserving and marketing systems.
The major project operations include construction of 2500-square metre landing shed; 1860-square metre four-storey laboratory, office, training centre-cum-dormitory; four-chambered cold storage with a 100-tonne capacity and 36 dried fish sale centres and an electricity substation.