Hyderabad, July 10 -- Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries, Vakiti Srihari, on Friday, July 10, said that Telangana is the country's top freshwater fish producer.

In 2025, the state recorded production of approximately 4.20 lakh tons of fish and 15 thousand tons of freshwater prawns, the minister said while laying the foundation stone for an international freshwater fish export centre in Koheda, Rangareddy, on the occasion of National Fish Farmers' Day.

The minister said that it was the first time in the country that such a modern facility was being established in an inland state instead of a coastal region.

He said that the state government was committed to increasing fishermen's income, providing them with p...