Guntur Channel extension works set to gain pace

GUNTUR: Necessary action will be taken to start the construction of the long-awaited Guntur Channel extension, which will benefit the farmers of the district, said Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications, Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar. During the meeting, the Union Minister said that although the development, degradation, and extension works of the Guntur Channel were approved during the previous TDP government, the previous dispensation totally neglected the project, which will provide irrigation water to over 77 villages under five Assembly constituencies in the district. He suggested that the extension and renovation of the Guntur Channel would prevent heavy flooding in the future and provided necessary suggestions to the district administration. Guntur East MLA Mohammad Nazeer, Guntur West MLA Galla Madhavi, Prathipadu MLA Burla Ramanjaneyulu, and officials were present.