The decision was taken today during a high level meeting of three departments including Rural Development and Panchayats, Water Supply and Sanitation and Soil Conversation Department here.
Presiding over the meeting, Surjit Singh Rakhra, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister said the state government had decided to clean and renovate ponds in all the villages to benefit the rural population of Punjab.
He said the government was adopting several scientific techniques for this purpose, and added that it would soon start a pilot programme under this project.
He also directed officers of the concerned departments to review the results of the pilot programme so that it could be replicated in the rest of Punjab.
All the villages of Punjab would be brought under this project and the works would be completed within a stipulated deadline, he said.
The water of the ponds could be used for fish farming and irrigation after completion of the project, he added.
