Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has approved installation of five hundred solar water pumps in thirteen districts of the province.

Chairing a meeting in Lahore on Saturday, he said water will be available for over two thousand acre of arid land in first phase.

Reiterating his commitment to install solar water pumps gradually in other districts of the province, Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi said installation of pumps will also ensure drinking water in far flung villages of the province.