The West Bengal Government’s Panchayats and Rural Development Department, in collaboration with the Fisheries Department, has prepared an elaborate scheme to augment production of near-extinct fishes by using the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme, to help people coming from economically challenged background. By means of the scheme, pisciculture will be carried out in water bodies that have been renovated, along with production of fish seeds, renovation of ghats and training to those involved. A place to dry fish will also be constructed. Self-Help Groups (SHG) and people from economically challenged background are being involved in the project. In the coastal areas, space has been created to dry fish.