Chandigarh, Nov. 11 -- With the Centre approving 35 boreholes in Fazilka and Muktsar districts for exploring reserves of potash, the state has decided to drill five additional boreholes, the Punjab government stated on Tuesday.

Mines and geology minister Barinder Kumar Goyal, while addressing mediapersons at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh, said the exploration work is expected to begin in May 2027.

Sharing the outcome of the two-day national mining ministers' conference under the chairmanship of Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy in Goa last week, Goyal said, "Punjab presented its case on potash exploration and the Union minister directed officials to give priority to state's proposals."

"Drilling boreholes is essential to ascer...