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Tata Power has joined hands with ‘Fona', an NGO focused on the conservation of the endangered fish species Mahseer in the Indrayani river.
To revive its population in the river, Tata Power will supply one lakh fingerlings to Fona every year for three consecutive years.
Of these 12,000 (1-year-old fries) have already been sent to the NGO.
To stem the alarming decline in its population, Tata Power undertook a massive Mahseer conservation initiative in 1975 and set up a breeding centre at Lonavla.
Till date, it is the only breeding centre that breeds and supplies fingerlings to various States, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, AP, Haryana and Assam.
Following in-depth research and conservation of Mahseer for the past 35 years, standard techniques of breeding the species have been established and the hatchery continues to breed 3 to 4 lakh of fingerlings every year.
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