Save the shrimp industry
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It is known to us that the country's second highest foreign currency earner is the shrimp industry. Through this industry the government earns a huge amount of money each year. This sector not only earns money but also employs 12 lakh people in ten thousands shrimp farms. But now there exists a pathetic condition in this sector due to attack of virus. Corruption in quality control, price reduction, and many other local problems are making this sector commercially untenable. In recent times due to intrusion of salinity to the rice fields, farmers do not agree to cultivate shrimp any more, the sector is going to lose its position. We hope the government will pay more importance to this sector.
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