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Watercourses improvement project extended

The government has extended watercourses improvement project for further two years under the National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses to cop up the agricultural production. Punjab Minister for Agriculture, Ahmad Ali Aulakh chairing a meeting at the Agriculture House on Thursday said that the previous government had set aside more than Rs 28 million to complete 30,000 watercourses in the Punjab, including canal commend areas and rain fed tract.