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Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Prices of freshwater fish, prawn soar in AP
Visakhapatnam: Prices of freshwater fish, prawn and some varieties of seafood have surged significantly in the state following the implementation of a two-month fishing ban, which is aimed to protect breeding marine life. The annual ban, enforced from April 15 to June, has led to price rise ranging from 30 to 40% in various fish varieties. Freshwater fish like Rohu (Sheelavathi), Carp (Bangarupapa) and Katla (Bocha), which typically sell for 160/kg, are now being sold for 200-300/ kg, depending on the size of the fish. The price of freshwater prawn (Vannamei Shrimp) has jumped from 300/kg to 400/kg. Sweet water fish Koramenu (Red Snapper), which was earlier sold for 600/kg, is now available in the markets for 700/kg. Similarly, the price of Matta Gidasa has increased from 300/kg to 400/kg. "Theprices of fresh and mud water fish are expected to rise due to non-availability of the popular varieties of sea fish on account of annual fishing ban in the summer," said Aruna, a fish vendor at Madhurawada in Vizag city. "High demand coupled with very limited supply of sea fish has pushed prices upwards," she added. Currently, major fishing harbours like Vizag, Kakinada, and few others, and landing centres in the state wear a deserted look due to a halt in fishing activities. Popular varieties of sea food such as silver pomfret, locally known as Chanduva, Vanjaram and Konam (small and big seer) and some varieties of prawn were almost unavailable in the open markets. In hotels and restaurants, price of some sea food delicacies have gone up due to shortage of stock in the market. In some hotels, the management have stopped serving sea food delicacies, and are offering only freshwater fish and prawn dishes. The availability of popular sea fish is very low and the prices of Vanjaram (seer fish) jumped from 600/kg to 800/kg in the retail markets. "Several fish varieties, particularly Koramenu fish and mud crabs ( 800-1,000/ kg) have become luxury items, and hence, beyond the reach of common people this summer. We have cut down the consumption by 20-30%," said V Ganesh, a private employee from Vizag city. Fish and prawn traders opined that the prices will increase in the coming days as the availability of the varieties is slowly decreasing following the rising temperature.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
With over 200 kg hashish oil (liquid ganja), Andhra Pradesh achieves rare high
VISAKHAPATNAM: With a liquid ganja (hashish oil) haul of over 200 kgs in 2024, Andhra Pradesh has left behind neighbouring states in terms of the seizure of the hashish oil. If seizures during 2022, 2023 and 2024 calendar years are taken into account, the enforcement officials confiscated over 230 kgs of hashish oil from the smugglers. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) puts the figure at 231 kgs of hashish oil for the three years from 2022 to 2024. In comparison, Telangana seized around 190 kgs, Tamil Nadu's haul stood at around 90 kg while Karnataka managed 42 kgs Of the 582 kgs of hashish oil seized in the country during the period from 2022 to 2024, around 40 per cent of the hashish oil was seized in Andhra Pradesh itself. Hash oil is a concentrated form of cannabis and is said to be at more than four times more potent and stronger than the traditional dry cannabis. The extraction of hail oil from ganja is a simple process and all they need to do is to crush the dry cannabis in a machine. It could be in the form of oil or at times even in the form of wax. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like If you have a mouse, play this game for 1 minute Navy Quest Undo Some inter-state smugglers have shifted their base to Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) for making and transportation of hashish oil or hash oil or weed oil. Some gangs have been trained in making the weed oil along AOB as the hash oil emerged as a best alternative and much more profitable than dry cannabis. Unlike dry cannabis, hash oil is easy to conceal and transport. The huge seizure points at aggressive enforcement by Andhra Pradesh police and other enforcement agencies, it also puts focus on the ballooning demand for the weed oil and its proliferation. In fact, the Sheelavathi variety of ganja grown in the AOB region has a huge market and finds its way to all the major cities in the country and now AOB based weed oil finds its place in the national market. A senior police officer said while one kg of dry cannabis is sold for Rs80,000 to Rs one lakh per in big cities, an equal quantity of hash oil fetches around Rs15 lakh in same cities. Hash oil is easier to smuggle as it can be smuggled in water bottles, he added. About 10 ml of the oil can be used for smoking more than 50 times and intoxicates more than dry weed. In big cities, smugglers sell a 10 ml vial of hash oil for RS7,000. KEY POINTS Over 200 kgs of hash oil seized in AP in 2024, AP stands top rank in seizure of hash oil Idukki Gold, Mysore Mango, Sheelavathi and Malana Cream are popular varieties of cannabis in India Large quantities of weed seized in parts of the country is from remote pockets along AOB and Odisha. Sheelavathi variety cannabis is grown in more than 20,000 acres in AOB and Odisha. As the Sheelavathi variety ganja is smuggled to greater distance, the price rises. NCB data says 53,983 kgs of dry cannabis seized in Andhra Pradesh in 2024. The price of hash oil ranges Rs12 lakh to Rs15 lakh per kg, depending on the quality.
