DETAILED PROJECT REPORT

Baraila Wetland

Directorate of Fisheries,
Animal and Fish Resources Department,
Govt. of Bihar
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2
Project Area .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Goal ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Objectives of the project are as follows ....................................................................................................... 8
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................................... 8
 To ensure availability of stocking materials ..................................................................................... 9
 Complete prohibition on use of small meshed size fishing gears ................................................... 11
 Fishing activity in the wetland should be regulated by enforcing bylaws. . ................................... 12
 Paddy cum fish culture can be promoted in the wetland area as a means of sustainable fish
culture practices. .................................................................................................................................... 13
 Wherever required, bye laws for management of society operations may be facilitated. ............ 16
 A community multi-stakeholder forum .......................................................................................... 17
 Institutional structure should be made to ensure professional management of the wetland. ..... 18

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Introduction

Wetland means an area of marsh, pen, peatland or water; whether natural or

artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is lentic or lotic, fresh, brackish
or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not
exceed six meters, but does not include river channels, paddy fields, human-made
water bodies/tanks specifically constructed for drinking water purposes and
structures specifically constructed for aquaculture, salt production, recreation and
irrigation purposes.

Figure 1 Baraila Wetland in 2016

Wetlands are dynamic ecosystems and are among the most precious natural
resources on earth (roughly 12% of the earth's surface is covered by wetlands) of
this 15% is under floodplain wetlands. Wetlands that are situated along the
floodplains of rivers are called ‘floodplain wetlands’. The term ‘floodplain wetlands’
represent the wetlands situated along the floodplains of rivers; mostly lentic in
nature and excludes the lotic component of river such as the main river channel, the
levee region and the flats. Floodplain wetlands are unique due to their origin,
physiographic location, hydrological characteristic, ecological features, fish diversity
and production dynamics. These water-bodies are basically freshwater ecosystems
associated directly or indirectly with rivers originating from Himalayas in the basins
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of Ganga-Brahmaputra and Barak, which covers nearly one-third (1,099 thousand
km2) of the total geographical area of the country. Low gradients, floods and tectonic
activities in rivers basins contribute to the genesis of these water bodies. These
wetlands provide opportunity for high level of economic activities, particularly
fisheries, in India's eastern and north-eastern states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West
Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.

Figure 2 Black Cormorant in Baraila Wetland

These valuable natural resources contribute immensely to the country's food basket
through fisheries. They are part of cultural heritage and are being used for sport and
recreation, thus playing vital role in the social fabric of these states. Floodplain
wetlands vary widely in size, shape and the extent of riverine connection, offering
tremendous scope for expanding fisheries if managed scientifically. However,
majority of these water-bodies are currently reeling under environment
perturbation, swampification, shift in species spectrum and anthropogenic threats,
adversely affecting their productivity. This could threaten the long-term
sustainability of the ecosystems and contribution of their fisheries to food supply.
Hence, rational management, conservation and careful monitoring are needed to
sustain this vital resource, their ecology, fishery and biodiversity; both in terms of
sustainability and economic value.

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Baraila jheel wetland region and its present status
Baraila Wetland is one among those floodplain wetland located near Baraila village
in the Vaishali district of Northern Bihar, India. Apart from being recognized as an
important wetland for migratory water birds, it also provides refuge to several
species of fish, amphibians, reptiles etc. This wetland has significant ecosystem
service values due to its role in controlling flood, groundwater recharge, provision
of fish, fodder and vegetables, and educational and aesthetic values. Despite
providing many services, the wetland is under siege due to change in land use and
encroachment in the peripheral areas which is further leading to the shrinkage of
the wetland and inadequate water availability to maintain the ecosystem level
process. In addition to this, unsustainable resource extraction by the dependent
local communities is leading to loss of biodiversity and habitat degradation of
wetland.

Figure 3 Condition of Baraila Wetland in 2019

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As of now, the Baraila wetland is in severe scarcity of water and this wetland is now
converted into dryland. The inundated land is now used for cultivation of oil seed
crops and pulses. The nearby water canal and river supplying water to this wetland
in the monsoon season is also not having sufficient water. The wetland requires at
least 4931.77 million cubic feet to maintain the minimum required water level of 2
meters depth in the major portion of the wetland during November-March.
However, due to declining rainfall over the years, siltation and clogging up of main
source of water for Baraila wetland which is noon canal and improper water
management, the wetland is not getting adequate water to maintain this level and
hence its ecological processes are suffering.
To conserve the biodiversity and ensure the upcoming of migratory birds to this
wetland will certainly help in restoring the heritage of this wetland which may be
possible through the intervention of fish culture in the wetland. Hence, this project
has been undertaken to revamp the scope of wetland ecosystem.

Project Area

Baraila Taal is an open wetland located between Latitude: 25˚44'57'' - 25˚46'57''

North and Longitude: 85˚31'22'' - 85˚35'2'' East, in Hazrat Jandaha Tehsil of Vaishali
district Bihar. The wetland expands 12.5 km long (east to west) and 8 km wide (north
to south). The area of the wetland is nearly 15 km2. It is about 50 km from Patna and
30 km from Hajipur. This wetland is the part of a single large eutrophic seasonally
flooded marsh (Chaurs) with an inundation area of approximately 1625.34 ha. Of
the total area of inundation only 197.91 ha belongs to the government, and this is
distributed across 21 discontinuous patches throughout the wetland. These patches
were notified as Baraila Lake Salim Ali Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary by the government
of Bihar vide Notification No. 11/97-83E/15 dated January 28, 1997. The primary
objective behind creating this sanctuary was the conservation of migratory and
resident water birds of the lower gangetic plains.
This wetland is surrounded by four rivers e.g. Gandak, Nuna, Burhi Gandak and
Ganga. Baraila wetland use to be the budding ground for the host of floral and faunal
species which form important trophic components of ecological pyramid. The
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wetland is surrounded by eight villages along its boundary: Kawai Baraila in north;
Loma, Mansinghpur, Bijhrauli and Dulwar villages in the south; Amthanwa village in
the east and Mahtri Dharamchand and Chakaiya villages in the west.

Figure 4 Google Earth Image of Baraila Wetland

The population of these villages are
S/No Village Population
1 Loma 8124
2 Mansinghpur Bijhrauli 11455
3 Dih Buchauli 9741
4 Chakaiya 1850
5 Dulwar 4864
6 Amthanwa 1292
7 Mahtri Dharamchand 4716
8 Kawai Baraila 411

Total 42453

This wetland had a vast reservoir of large number of fishes. The ichthyofaunal
includes Catla catla, Labeo bata, Labeo calbasu, Labeo rohita, Notopterus

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notopterus, Puntius ticto, Puntius sophore, Puntius chrysopterus, Oxygaster bacaila,
Wallago attu, Mystus tengra, etc.

Figure 5 Condition of land in Baraila Wetland

The population of the adjoining areas is mostly fishermen and they were solely
dependent on fishing for their livelihood. But due to scarcity of water in the wetland
they have shifted to agricultural practices. The Aquatic vegetation earlier consisted
of mostly reeds, grasses, azolla, and water hyacinth. The sub emergent, emergent
and floating vegetation of Baraila used to attract thousands of migratory water fowls
every year. It was one of the largest wintering grounds of the migratory birds in
India. Different types of angles, vulture cocks, lapwings, pigeons, doves, keets,
cuckoos and swifts have also been seen in and around the wetland area.

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Goal
Develop Baraila Wetland as a prominent Centre for conservation of Fish bio-
diversity and Fisheries, source of local livelihood and a unique destination for
national and international fisherman and tourists in the state of Bihar.

Objectives

 Conservation of local fish species in lieu of the conservation of wetland to

attract the migratory bird in to the project area.
 To establish an ecosystem based approach for rejuvenating the fisheries
related activity in the area.
 To enhance fish productivity and production by motivating nearby people to
bring additional water area under fish culture through adoption of scientific
fish culture practices without affecting the integrity of the wetland area.
 To promote capacity building programme and awareness for conservation of
Baraila wetland for local people.
 To promote co-operative sector for development of value chain for marketing
of fish by engaging rural people.

Recommendation

Baraila needs to be managed for conservation of its rich biological diversity as well
as securing sustained provision of its full range of ecosystem services which support
livelihoods of dependent communities. Effective management arrangements are
required to be put in place so as to maintain essential ecological and hydrological
functions that underpin delivery of wetland ecosystem services and maintenance of
biological diversity. Management also needs to be dynamic and adaptive so as to
accommodate uncertainties and challenges that emerge from multiple drivers and
pressures, and allow for suitable modification based on continuous site monitoring
and amalgamation of new information.
The following recommendations are made for integrated sustainable fisheries
development & management:

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  To ensure availability of stocking materials (spawn, fry and fingerling),
facilities for hatcheries and seed rearing need to be developed in the vicinity
of potential areas following scientific practices. For the same, construction of
fish hatcheries of capacity 0.2 million seeds/cycle and construction of nursery
and rearing ponds in the vicinity of wetland area is envisaged.

Wetlands of the state are highly productive and are unexploited. Presently, the
fish production is hardly 100 Kg/Ha/year against its production capacity of 2000 to
3000 Kg/Ha/year. Thus sustained fish production and productivity will be ensured
for local consumption and sale.To ensure the stocking of spawn and fingerling in the
wetland for increasing the productivity of indigenous fish species, construction of
hatchery of 0.2 million seeds/ cycle is suggested in one of the nearby village along
with two brood tanks, a nursery, rearing and stock pond each. Operation of fish
hatchery is to be done by the fisher cooperative, on no profit and loss basis. The
members of the cooperatives are to be provided access to fish seed at a reduced
rate and on a priority. Fry to be used for restocking in Baraila Wetland. Revenue
generation will form as a corpus fund to be used for operation and maintenance of
hatcheries, and for other developmental purpose. Total area required for this
purpose will be around 3-5 acres. For better survival and productivity stocking of
zero size or yearling (approx. 100 gm) is preferred.
Each Carp fish seed hatcheries will have following components:
 Circular breeding/spawning pool
 Rectangular egg collection chamber
 hatching pools
 Rectangular spawn collection chamber
 Overhead tank
 Nursery ponds
 Rearing ponds
 Brooder tanks
 Stocking/Grow-out ponds

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The unit cost of establishment of fish seed hatchery complex in 2 hectare area is Rs
25.00 lakh per unit. Therefore for establishing these hatcheries at Baraila, a sum of
Rs 25.00 lakh is required.

The cost for stocking advance fingerlings at the rate of 300/kg for total 50000 kgs in
the time frame of five years is one hundred fifty lakhs.

Implementation Arrangement
The above scheme will be implemented through Fishers Cooperative Societies. The
sanctioned fund will be allotted/transferred to the Forest Ranger, Hajipur by
Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna who in turn will transfer it to
District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali either through bank
draft or through RTGS/NEFT. After the receipt of the fund, the scheme will be
implemented by District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali
through Fishers Cooperative Societies under the supervision of a committee. The
committee will be headed by the concerned Deputy Director of Fisheries (Range),
Vaishali, the concerned District Fisheries Officer-Cum- Chief Executive Officer,
Vaishali will be its member-Secretary, the concerned Forest Ranger, Secretary (ies)
of the Fishers Cooperative Societies will be its members. The fingerlings will be
stocked in the wetland by the Fishers Cooperative Societies in the presence of the
committee. Photography/Videography of the stocking event will be screened. The
concerned Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer, Vaishali of Fisheries Sector of
Animal & Fish Resources Department will provide the necessary technical and
prepare the detailed estimate and design of hatchery complex, nursery pond, rearing
pond, brooder and grow-out pond. The Fishers Cooperative Societies will maintain
detail of the stocking and harvesting program. The District Fisheries Officer-Cum-
Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali will certify the details of the stocking which will
include Name of the Wetland stocked, Area, number of advance fingerling stocked,
date & time of stocking, source of Seed, species of fish seed stocked, their numbers
etc. Similarly, the District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali will
certify the details of fish harvested which will include dates of harvesting, species
harvested, size, weight etc. The fund based on requirement and utilization will be
transferred phase wise by the District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer
into the Bank Account of Fishers Cooperative Societies through NEFT/RTGS. After
completing all necessary formalities, the District Fisheries Officer-Cum- Chief
Executive will ensure timely submission of Utilization Certificate counter signed by

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concerned Deputy Director of fisheries (Range) to Forest Ranger, who in turn will
submit it to Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna.

 Complete prohibition of use of small meshed size fishing gears (particularly

mosquito nets or Chattijal) and Use of chemicals or poison to capture fish
should be strictly prohibited

Complete prohibition of use of small meshed size fishing gears (particularly

mosquito net or chatty jal) and use of chemicals or poison to capture fish should be
strictly prohibited, promotion of gears of mesh size 4 cm and above” is suggested.
Use of small meshed sized fishing gears lead to excessive by-catch and juvenile
wastage that threatens sustainability of a fishery.
Experiences have shown that uncontrolled, indiscriminate fishing and highly
destructive gears of fish capture deplete fishery resources and are characterized by
poor fish yield coupled with great economic distress. The purpose of mesh size
regulation and prohibition of use mosquito net /chatty jal is to restore the dwindling
fishery of the Baraila Lake. In long run, this will assist in rehabilitation and restoration
of local species in both wetland and in the river. The purpose of this regulation is to
obtain sustainable yield of fish and assure a recurring bountiful harvest of fish
without depleting the resources and wastage of fishing efforts. Awareness among
fishers need to be created so they come forward themselves against the use of small
mesh for fishing because it ultimately affects their life itself.
 There is a provision of regulation of mesh size in Section 13 (ii) of Matsya Jalkar
Prabandhan Act, 2006; as amended 2007, 2010 & 2018 which is as follows:
 Section 13: “Fishing Prohibition: - (ii) Fishing net or Gill net with less than 4 cm mesh
size shall be prohibited in rivers (iii) Fishing of fingerlings of culturable fishes of any
species shall be prohibited”.
 Section 17 : “Offences and penalties :-
 (ii)Any person who shall commit offences under sub section (i) and (v) of Section 13
and sub section (i) of this section, shall be punishable with the imprisonment up to
six months or a fine of Rs. 500 or with both. Such offence shall be cognizable.”

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  Fishing activity in the wetland should be regulated by enforcing bylaws. For
this fisheries department can corroborate with the forest department.

Floodplain wetlands are the home for various fish species which comes from varied
resources. They provide safe atmosphere for breeding and spawning ground for
fishes. Certain freshwater fish species require wetlands as spawning grounds and as
nursery areas for their young. The breeding and spawning grounds of fishes are to
be identified, demarcated and protected.
Since these fishes breed/spawn from June to August, hence the identified spawning
grounds should be declared as closed fishing season during this period and all sort of
fishing activities should be barred. This will increase the auto stocking of the wetland.
Further there will be gradual increase in fish productivity and production. It will also
assist in the rehabilitation and restoration of carp fishery in both wetland and in the
river.
There is a provision of closed fishing season in Section 13 (i) of Matsya Jalkar
Prabandhan Act, 2006; as amended 2007, 2010 & 2018 which is as follows:
Section 13: “Fishing Prohibition: - (i) Fishing in rivers and reservoirs shall be prohibited
from 15th June to 15th August.”
Section 17: “Offences and penalties:-
(ii)Any person who shall commit offences under sub section (i) of Section 13 and sub
section (i) of this section, shall be punishable with the imprisonment up to six months
or a fine of Rs. 500 or with both. Such offence shall be cognizable.”

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  Paddy cum fish culture can be promoted in the wetland area as a means of
sustainable fish culture practices.

Paddy cum fish culture (PFC) is a type of duo culture farming system in which the
integration of fish farming with paddy is followed. Paddy-cum fish culture is
practiced in many paddy-growing belts of the world including China, Bangladesh,
Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and India. This system is profitable
and sustainable, as two crops i.e. paddy and fish can be harvested from a unit
cultivable area. The wet terrace rice fields where surface and ground water is
sufficiently available can be utilized for development of PFC. The culture of fish in
paddy fields generally benefits rice cultivation, as a result of better aeration of water
and greater tilling due to the movement of fish. The excreta of fish increases the
fertility of soil. Fish also devour on harmful pest, weeds and insect larva which are
harmful for paddy. In this type of farming system fish seeds are released into the
paddy fields after transplanted paddy seedling gets firmly rooted preferably after 15
days. The stocking density also depends on the size of fingerlings to be stocked,
place, fertility of the soil and duration of culture. A stocking density of 2000- 3000
no. fingerlings per hectare are ideal. The paddy growing area may be placed at the
centre or later at side with moderate elevation and growth sloping to facilitated are
essential for easy drainage. Adequate irrigation and drainage facilities are essential
for success of PFC. Paddy field should have strong embankment to prevent leakage
of water, retain water up to desire and also to prevent the escape of cultivated
stocks. Inlets and outlets should be provided with screens to prevent unwanted fish
from entering the culture fields and also the escape of culture stocks. Grass Carp
should not be stocked, as it may eat the paddy. Paddy fields may also serve as fish
nurseries to grow fry into fingerlings. The fingerlings, if and when produced in large
quantities, may either be sold or stocked in production ponds for obtaining better
fish yield under composite fish culture. The adoption of PFC will augment fish
production which is easy, cost effective and sustainable. This will open avenues for
self-employment, supplement the income of the agriculture farmers and enhance
fish production in the State.

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COST AND RETURNS OF PADDY- CUM- FISH CULTURE AND PADDY MONOCULTURE (PER Hectare)
Sl No. Category Cost/Return
(in rupees)
A a) Paddy cultivation
1. Paddy seed (@ Rs. 50/KgX20) 1000
2. Cow dung (Per Ton) 1500
3. Urea 525
4. Other fertilizers 2600
b) Labour cost
1.During plot preparation, seedling & maintenance (30X Rs. 200/day) 6000
2. During harvest (8 X Rs. 200/day) 1600
Total 13225
B Fish Farming
a) Operational cost:
1. Fish seed (2000 X Rs 2.50/fingerling) 5000
2. Lime 1800
3.Cow dung 500
4. Rice bran 1100
5. Oil cake 1400
b) Labour cost:
1. During culture (20X Rs. 250/day) 5000
2. During harvest (8X Rs. 250/day) 2000
Total 16800
C Total cost of rice cum fish culture (A+B) 30025
D Rice production
i) From rice cum fish culture: 4480 kg
Income from rice cum fish culture (@ Rs 15/Kg) 67200
ii) From rice monoculture: 4076 kg
Income from rice monoculture (@ Rs 15/Kg) 61140
E Fish production: 400 kg
Income from fish farming (@ Rs 100/Kg) 40000
F Total income from rice cum fish culture (Di+E) 107200
G Net profit
i) From rice cum fish culture (F-C) 77175
ii) From rice monoculture (Dii-A) 48015
H Increase in rice production (4480-4076)kg= 404Kg
Extra profit from rice (@ Rs 15/Kg) 6060

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  Training workshops on sustainable fish culture practices; management of fish
hatchery; integrated fish farming; ornamental fish rearing; wetland values and
functions and policy and regulatory requirements for fish culture should be
organized to sensitize the local people of the area.

Baraila jheel is bordered by 8 villages and has a good population of fishermen. The
traditional poor fishers dwelling in and around Jheel are technically not sound and
are unaware about the silent negative effects of climatic changes, siltation,
indiscriminate fishing, over exploitation, conservation of resources, better
management practices etc on fisheries. Therefore it is essential to disseminate the
latest techniques & findings of fish culture, resource management and its
conservation practices to fishers, Extension Workers through Awareness-cum-skill
development (capacity building) & Workshop/ seminar Programmes thereby ensure
their skill development. These programs will empower them with tools to manage
the impacts of climatic changes on fisheries and will further enhance their technical,
managerial and participatory skills. These will also create a participatory learning
environment and motivating fishers to work on innovative mode thereby improving
the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities.
There is a proposal to impart training to 1000 fishers dwelling in and around Baraila
Wetland at Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Barrackpore, Kolkatta
(WB)/ Central Inland Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubneshwar and DNS,
Shastrinagar, Patna in a period of 5 years. The unit cost for training inclusive of all
travelling, lodging and boarding expenses is Rs 0.10 Lakh per trainee and a sum of
Rs 100.00 lakh would be required for this purpose.

Implementation Arrangement:

The sanctioned fund will be allotted/transferred to the Forest Ranger, Hajipur by

Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna who in turn will transfer it to
District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali either through bank
draft or through RTGS/NEFT. After the receipt of the fund, the scheme will be
implemented by District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali
through Fishers Cooperative Societies under the supervision of a committee. The
committee will be headed by the concerned Deputy Director of Fisheries (Range),
Vaishali, the concerned District Fisheries Officer-Cum- Chief Executive Officer,
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Vaishali will be its member-Secretary, the concerned Forest Ranger, Extension
Officer, Secretaries of the Fishers Cooperative Societies will be its members. The
training fees (boarding, lodging & other logistic support) required for residential skill
development training will be transferred directly to the concerned training Institutes,
as per the bill generated by the training Institute/Centre, through RTGS/NEFT by
District Fisheries Officer-Cum Chief Executive Officer. Whereas, the fund (travelling &
logistic support expenses) required for sending trainees to the training institute from
the district/block headquarter will be given expensed by the concerned District
Fisheries Officer-Cum- Chief Executive Officer. The trainee will be selected by the
Fishers Cooperative Societies through a resolution passed in their Management
Committee Meeting. However, District Fisheries Officer-Cum Chief Executive Officer
will maintain the record of the Fishers trained which will include Name of Training
Institute/Centre, Name of Fishers Cooperative Society, Name of trained Fishers,
Address, Gender, Mobile Nos, Aadhaar Nos, Resolution Nos with date through the
trainee is selected by Fishers Cooperative Management Committee, etc and
Remark(s).
After completing all necessary formalities, the District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief
Executive will ensure timely submission of Utilization Certificate counter signed by
concerned Deputy Director of Fisheries (Range) to Forest Ranger, Hajipur who in turn
will make it available to the Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna.

 Wherever required, bye laws for management of society operations may be

facilitated.

Fish and fisheries are an integral part of most societies and make important
contributions to economic and social health and well-being. Encroachment or
reclamation of wetland whether for arable land or human habitation or any other
purposes, which leads to colossal loss of aquatic resources and associated utility
functions, shall be deemed as punishable offence. The state shall ensure that
appropriate environmental impact assessment and abetment measures are carries
out before the enactment of the project in such area. The state shall have the right
to confiscate, impose fine and ban of illegal poaching activity or poisoning of the
area under project. Encroachment of wetland area in any form shall be treated as
cognisable offense.

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  A community multi-stakeholder forum should be created to manage various
resources and conflicts associated with Baraila wetland management.

As Baraila wetland is of great importance, there are many stakeholders which

includes fishermen, farmer, environment and forest department, water resources
department, fisheries department, residents, religious group, NGOs etc. So for the
better management of the wetland, there is a need to form a forum to discuss all
the issues related to wetland which will enable all the stakeholders to have common
view for conserving the wetland.
There is a proposal to organize 2 workshop/seminar each year with 200 participants
(stakeholders) per workshop/seminar for a period of 5 years. The unit cost of each
workshop/seminar is Rs 2.50 lakh and a sum of Rs 25.00 lakh will be required for this
purpose.

Implementation Arrangement:
The sanctioned fund will be allotted/transferred to the Forest Ranger, Hajipur by
Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna who in turn will transfer it to
District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali either through bank
draft or through RTGS/NEFT. After the receipt of the fund, the scheme will be
implemented by District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali. The
seminar will be organized by District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer,
Vaishali in Patna/Vaishali with all possible assistance of Directorate of Fisheries,
Bihar in coordination with Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna. All
possible stakeholders from Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Animal and
Fish Resources (Fish) Department, Bihar and Fishers Cooperative Societies will be
eligible participants. The participants from Fishers Cooperative Societies will be
selected by them through resolution passed in their Managing Committee Meeting.
The concerned Forest Ranger, District Fisheries Officer-Cum- Chief Executive Officer
and Secretaries of Fishers Cooperative Societies will be responsible to send the
participants to the workshop/seminar venue and send them back to district
headquarter, however travelling expenses will be borne under the scheme by District
Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali. However, the numbers of
participants for the seminar/ workshop will be solely decided by District Fisheries
Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer in collaboration with Forest Ranger, Vaishali.

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After completing all necessary formalities, District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief
Executive Officer, Vaishali will ensure timely submission of Utilization Certificate to
the Forest Ranger, Hajipur who in turn will submit it Environment and Forest
Department, Bihar, Patna. District Fisheries Officer –Cum- Chief Executive Officer&
Forest Ranger, Vaishali will be responsible and avail the assistance of Directorate of
Fisheries and Environment and Forest Department, Bihar, Patna respectively to
arrange competent Resource personnel to deliver PowerPoint presentation,
conceptual lecture etc. The District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer will
maintain the record of the participating stakeholders in the seminar/workshop which
will include Venue, Date, District, Name of Stakeholders, Designation/Name of
Fishers Cooperative Society, Address, Gender, Mobile Nos etc and Remark.

 Institutional structure should be made to ensure professional management

of the wetland.

Organizational set up of Directorate of Fisheries, Bihar is up to the District level only,

hence its fisheries extension system has limitation to implement the above
mentioned schemes which are to be implemented in far off places located in
blocks/panchayats/villages. Baraila is located at a distance of 30 km from Vaishali
town. Presently the institutional set up and staff strength of the office of District
Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer, Vaishali is not adequately capable of
fostering such fisheries development interventions in Baraila Wetland. With the
available fringe staff strength it would be difficult to establish a functional extension
service system. Institutional strengthening is required which includes strengthening
of office, field staffs and infrastructure development thereby strengthening
extension system for the successful implementation, execution, monitoring and
evaluation of the fisheries sustainable development schemes of the Baraila Wetland.
The staff strength has to be increased substantially by deploying one Fisheries
Extension Worker, one Supervisor, one Computer Operator-Cum-Clerk and an Office
attendant on contractual basis for the entire implementation period i.e. for 5 years
under the control of District Fisheries Officer-Cum-Chief Executive Officer with
District Fisheries Office, Vaishali as its Head Office. Strengthening of technical
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the Baraila Wetland thereby will make it possible to percolate the scientific fisheries
development interventions in the wetland.
Financial Requirement for Strengthening Extension & Infrastructure:

(i) With an aim to deploy one Fisheries Extension Worker (Rs 0.50 lakh/month), one
Supervisor (Rs 0.40 lakh/month), one Computer Operator–Cum-Clerk (Rs 0.30
lakh/month) and one Office Attendant (Rs 0.20 Lakh/month) on contract basis for
five years, a sum of Rs 84.00 (Eighty four) lakh will be required.
(ii) “Onetime infrastructure” such as Desktop Computer, Printer, Scanner, furniture,
almirah etc will be needed and a sum of Rs 2.00 (two) lakh will be required for this.
(iii) Besides these, fund for recurring contingency expenses @ Rs 0.15 lakh /month
for fuel to ensure mobility, purchase of cartridge, paper, postal/telecom expenses
etc is required for a period of five years and a sum of Rs 9.00 (Nine) lakh will be
required for this.

NOTE: The figures mentioned in above items of all the schemes are indicative which
is likely to be changed as per the existing market price.

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 Yearwise Fund requirement details for Interventions for Sustainable Fisheries Development in Baraila Jheel
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-2024 2019-20 to 2023-24
Sl Unit Total Total
No.
Interventions Rate
Cost Physical Amount Physical Amount Physical Amount Physical Amount Physical Amount
Physical Amount
Target (Lakh) Target (Lakh) Target (Lakh) Target (Lakh) Target (Lakh)
Target (Lakh)

Rejuvenating capture fisheries or Enhancing

the fish production & productivity of wetlands
1 through (i) stocking advanced fish fingerlings Rs 300/Kg 300 10000 30 10000 30 10000 30 10000 30 10000 30 50000 150
of indigenous species fish for 5 years (ABW
25 gm @2000/ha=50kg/ha) (Kg)

Ensuring availability of qualitative and

2
quantitative fish seed
Rs 25
i(a)Construction of Fish seed hatchery (Nos) 25 1 25.00 1 25
Lakh/Unit
Technical training or capacity building
programs for Fishers at CIFRI, Barrckpore, Rs 0.10
3 Kolkatta/ Central Inland Frehwater Lakh/ 0.10 100 10.00 250 25.00 250 25.00 200 20.00 200 20.00 1000 100
Aquaculture, Bhubneshwar/DNS, Shastrinagar, trainee
Patna (Nos)
Awareness programmes of stakeholders Rs 2.50
4 through organization of workshop/seminar for Lakh/ 2.5 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 10 25
5 years (No) Event
Strengthening Extension & infrastructure:
Rs 1.40
(i) Deployment of Staffs on Contract Basis 4 staffs/ year 16.80 16.80 16.80 16.80 16.80 84
Lakh/month
6 Rs 2.00
(ii) "Onetime Infrastructure" setup 2.00 2
Onetime
Rs 0.15 lakh/
(iii) Recurring Contigency Expences 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 9
month
TOTAL 65.60 103.60 78.60 73.60 73.60 395.00
(Grand Total: Three Crore Ninety Five Lakh Only)
NOTE: The figures mentioned in above items of all the schemes are indicative which is likely to be changed as per the existing market price, however, the entire expenditure
*The Figure
shall be limitedmentioned in above amount
to the total sanctioned items of
of all
thethe schemes are indicative which is likely to be changed as per market price.
project.