Parliamentary Committee Hails Construction of Fish Landing Sites
Chairperson for the parliamentary committee on Transport and Public works Enock Phale has hailed the progress of construction of landing sites and fishing processing facilities under construction in Salima District saying they will add value to the fisheries sector.
This has been revealed during an inspection tour which the parliamentary committe on Transport and Public works had in Salima district.
According to Phale, once the facilities have been constructed they will improve the hygiene and standards of fish produced in the country.
“Once the construction of the facilities come to an end, they will help the country to improve hygiene and the standards of fish which will be produced in our country.”
Phale added that the progress of the construction has been derailed by heavy rainfall which has been experienced in some districts across the country and has commended the pace as promising.
On his part Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture Development and Watershed Management (SFAD-WM) Project Coordinator Dr Robert Kafakoma says 15 fish landing facilities will be constructed in five Lakeshore district of Salima, Mangochi, Nkhotakota, Nkhata Bay and Karonga.
He said that the facilities will have provision of sanitory facilities, solar power pumps, cold rooms, shelters and store rooms.
“The facilities which are of high standards and they will have cold rooms, store rooms, shelters, solar power pumps and a sanitory facilities.”
The project of constructing the landing sites will cost K2.9 billion and is expected to be finished by June this year and is a five year project which will help to improve fishing farming in rural areas across the country.
