KUCHING, April 2 - The Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA) is proposing the implementation of dual-function retention ponds as one of the methods to harness rainwater.

Its Minister, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said four pilot projects would be implemented in Kuala Lumpur after the proposal received Cabinet approval.

"We have to get the main decision from the Cabinet (first) through the Cabinet Memorandum," he told reporters at his Aidilfitri Open House here.

Fadillah said PETRA had also submitted several other proposals including methods for using rainwater in each house as a follow-up to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's instructions to the ministry in a meeting with top management on March 10.

At the meeting, the Prime Minister had directed PETRA to submit proposals within two weeks on methods for harnes