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Lalganj Beach is a little known virgin beach near Bakkhali in South Parganas district of West Bengal. Dry fish processing is directly related to the economic development of the Coastal areas of India. Research data says that India is the second largest fish producing country with the contribution of 5.43% in global fish production and West Bengal has been able to secure the second position among all the states of India. West Bengal is having many Coastal beaches where Fish Drying process is happening in a bigger way as having almost 160 Kilometre Coastal lines&covers mainly the districts of South, North 24 Parganas and Purba Midnapur the people staying nearby of these areas are completely involved in this process. In Bengal, some of the prominent fish drying beaches are like Digha, Bakkhal