We started the morning with a quick trip round the Punjab Agriculture University, then headed to Raj's fish world to check out his fish farm. Raj had been one of our hosts while we have been in the Punjab provence, and the longer we were with him the more we discovered what an amazing businessman he is. He grows out fingerling fish in dams to then place in huge irrigation canals to finish. He also makes fish leather and plans to diversify into growing muscles for pearls, not to forget growing organic rice.
We also visited a turf farm, the only one in India at the moment. They currently have one outlet store and also market over the Internet. With the rising incomes in India i think this business is going to boom in the future.
After another lunch of fantastic curries in a hotel on the banks of one of the irrigation channels (Was nearly as big as the River Murray), we drove on to Chandigarh airport to fly out to Delhi.
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