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This year, the government proposes to construct another six lakh farm ponds towards the target of 10 lakh ponds. more-inChief Minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu will dedicate 3.41 lakh farm ponds constructed across the State on Thursday, which incidentally happens to be his birthday. The Chief Minister was addressing a teleconference with public representatives, water users associations and officials on ‘neeru-pragati’ on Wednesday. The target should be to increase the ground water level to 11 metres and also increase the area of cultivation to one crore acres. “The slogan should be janam udyaminchali, bhugarbha jalalu penchali (people must take the lead, increase ground water level).” The State would be drought-free once the 10 lakh ponds were built..