Halda river sees second spawning in the span of five days

Halda River, the lone breeding ground of carp like fish in South Asia has seen its second spawning today in the span of five days.

The first spawning saw poor collection of eggs because of the absence of natural phenomenon as well as Cyclone Yaas which resulted in massive salinity influx in the water body.

In 2020, brood fish laid record high eggs amounting 25,536 kg, one of the biggest hauls since 2006.

But on May 27, egg collectors netted just 6,500 kg of eggs due to high salinity, absence of heavy downpour, hilly torrent and thunderstorm.

Professor Manzoorul Kibria, a renowned Halda researcher told The Daily Star that after the first poor spawning, he expected another episode of eggs laying.

"With heavy rain, hilly torrent, thunderstorm for the last few days, brood fish started laying eggs from 4:00 pm today", he said.

Around 1000 egg collectors waded through the waterbody today at various points of Halda River, he added.