Biratnagar, Mar 27:A package programme has been launched in Babiyabirta and Haraincha VDCs in Morang district with the objective of familiarizing the farmers with the scientific techniques of fisheries  as per the long term agriculture policy.

Under the programme lunched with the objective of developing fisheries as a an effective source of income,  15-hectare ponds are constructed in each of the VDCs.

According to assistant fisheries development officer Kedar Shrestha,   the farmers will be familiarised with different aspects of fisheries and marketing.

According to the district agriculture development office Morang, there are 2,438  fish ponds   in 436.25 hectares in the reservoir area in   Morang.

About 1,509 persons depend on fisheries. Out of the old 542 ponds there are 342 seasonal ones and 200  can be used round the year.

Similarly, out of the newly constructed  1,896 fish ponds, 1,248 are seasonal and 648 can run round the year.

During the fiscal year 2055/56,  966 metric tonnes of fish was produced in the district through  commercial fisheries.

Similarly, district education office Morang organised a seminar here Sunday with a view to collecting suggestions on forming a National Teachers Service Commission.

On the occasion, member of the Public Service Commission and recommendation committee Dr Madhunidhi Tiwari said that the education act requires a national teachers service commission to execute works concerning selection and promotion of teachers at different levels in a transparent and reliable manner. The seminar also aims to collect suggestions on selecting chairman and members of the commission in a democratic manner.

Morang DDC Chairman and District Education Committee Khadga Bahadur Basnet stressed the need to select bonafide persons to make the commission credible and mobilize local bodies for educational development.

District education officer Muktinath Dahal, Mayor of Biratnagar Rameshchandra Paudel, CDO Tulsi Prasad Bhattarai, chief of the post-graduate campus Dr Khagendra Acharya also spoke on the occasion.

Representatives from teachers organizations and different political parties had presented their suggestions in the seminar.

In Bidur, the district oil-conservation office and Nepal-Denmark Gerkhu sub-watershed management project have completed reconstruction of 13 different rural trails in and around Gerkhu area in Nuwakot district.

The repair work was completed at a total cost of Rs 951,883 benefiting some 646 households in the locality in the movement of goods and people.

The rural roads repaired include one trail at SWard No. 1 and 2 of Gerkhu VDC, three at Ward No.3, two at Ward No. 6 and seven at Ward No. 7.

Similarly, altogether ten conservation ponds have been constructed at Ward No.1, 3 and 7 of Gerkhu VDC and Ward No. 4 of Bageshwari vdc at the total cost of Rs 162,172 by the district soil-conservation office and Nepal-Denmark Gerkhu Watershed Project.

A total of 267 families in those localities are benefiting from the conservation ponds constructed as part of the Gerkhu sub-watershed management project, it is learnt from the project office.

Likewise, it has been learnt the district soil-conservation office, Nuwakot, has completed 14 watershed management projects in Gerkhu and Bageshwari VDCs at the cost of Rs 713,716, benefiting some 364 local households.