Uriya Devi

A famous woman in fisheries community named Uriya Devi. She belongs to Andhrathari Block. Andhrathari is surrounded by rivers namely Kamla Balan, Sugarvey. She participated in training program of modern fish farming and fisheries and acts and rights. She has learnt a lot of good qualities of modern fish farming. She has adequate knowledge of cooperative acts and rights. She always organized meeting with the fisherwomen cooperative society. She used to go to relevant offices of fish farming activities such as  F.F.D.A, Madhubani,  A.R. Officer, Jhanjharpur and completed her task with full zeal and enthusiasm.

Uriya Devi is highly dynamic and enterprising women she came into close contact with fisheries welfare society and struggled a lot for the welfare of the group and allotted 118 houses of the Andhrathari women swaylambhai fisheries cooperative society. All the 118 women families are constructing their houses in a systematic way. At present time she is earning Rs.1,50,000 to Rs.2,50,000 per annum approximately. Her daughter goes to school daily. She always participates in health awareness activities in her village and spreads awareness in the community  towards health and support immunization program for the welfare of the society.