Hyderabad, Aug. 4 -- Telangana Special Chief Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, M Dana Kishore, on Tuesday, August 4, instructed district officials to complete the construction of 13,046 farm ponds by August 15.

Conducting a video conference, Dana Kishore instructed officials to ensure 100 per cent identification, administrative sanction and grounding of farm ponds in every gram panchayat.

He directed each district to take up at least 50 eco farm ponds through convergence with the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (SERP-NRLM) and animal husbandry, horticulture and fisheries departments.

Officials were asked to accord top priority to water conservation works under Te...