Surat: After Olpad taluka, Surat district administration on Tuesday started demolition of illegal shrimp farms on 420 hectare land in Khajod village in Choriyasi taluka on Tuesday.
These shrimp farms are constructed on the government land near the Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) at Diamond Research and Mercantile ()DREAM) city.
Official sources said that hundreds of illegal shrimp farms in Khajod have come up over last one decade.
The Surat international airport is surrounded by the shrimp farms—both on the government and private lands— and they pose a serious threat of bird hits.
Sources said that the villages such as Bhimpore, Magdalla, Dumas, Gavier, Abhva etc. house more than 1,500 shrimp ponds. Surat airport is the lone airport in the country surrounded by the shrimp ponds. On Tuesday, a team consisting officials of district inspector of land record (DILR), fisheries dept and the Choriyasi mamlatdar started razing under police protection. tnn