The Punjab Agriculture Department has decided to launch a land-saving project worth Rs 180.502 million in 10 districts of the province aimed for saving the arable land, storing the rainwater and avoiding land erosion from river or rainwater.
As per details, the government will set up 30 small dams, 62 ponds, 15 storage of water and other infrastructure in 10 districts of the province including Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Khushab, Mianwali, Narowal, Gujrat, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.
The project is being taken up under Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif's 'Kissan Package 2016-17' for the Barani areas of the province. The government will construct water and land infrastructures under this project which will prove helpful in avoiding land erosion but in taking advantage of stored rainwater.