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HARVESTING COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF RANI BEEL, EAST SIANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH

N. C. Nandi*

During the course of faunistic survey, a visit to the Rani Beel, located about 15 km south of Pasighat, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh was made on February12, 1992, which revealed interesting ways of harvesting and management practices, and hence this communication. Rani Beel was a permanent freshwater beel, earlier connected with a river course, measuring 2-3 km in length, 60 ft in breadth, 6-10 ft in depth was reported to be used for drinking water source to the villagers. It was under private ownership, located in remote rural set up with plenty of paddy fields around.