Environmental Scientist of Assam Innovated a Concept of Rooftop Fishing

Hey! What’s up, All good? ‘Tathastu India’ has brought another unique story for you. And this time, you’ll be amazed, for sure. Environmental scientist ‘Amarjyoti Kashyap’ of Assam, innovated a completely new concept of fishing in urban residences by transforming 1000 sq ft of the terrace area in his residential building into a natural pond and recreation center. Wow! Brilliant move.

He transformed the area of his terrace into a breeding ground for distinct types of fishes and stimulated the idea of rooftop fishing straight from his two-story residential building located in the Hatigaon area in Guwahati. He has been raising and nurturing fish in his home for quite some time. Rooftop fishing is an extraordinary strategy of urban farming that can enable urban inhabitants to save money as well as earn further income by trading the fish bred in rooftop ponds.

He was a former environmental science professor also associated with an NGO ‘Environ’ which talks about issues of environmental degradation and puts its effort into economic development in the northeastern region. The environmental scientist had developed a garbage assimilator and for that, he won the ‘Millennium Alliance Innovation Award’ entitled “Solid Waste Resource Management and Environmental Sanitation” in 2017.

His creation of a waste assimilator has been selected as the only innovation under the Water and Sanitation segment in 2017 by Millenium Alliance. Millenium Alliance is a joint outlet of many leading global organizations that identify breakthrough research innovations carried out in India that could help in addressing the diverse developmental challenges of the country.