Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Rs 6.23 Crore Railway Funds to Modernise Guntur's Mondigate Drainage
A city called Guntur has a place called Mondigate where the drainage system is very old and does not work well.
When it rained a lot, the dirty water and sewage overflowed and went into people's houses.
The government decided to fix this problem.
A minister and a local leader came to Guntur and officially started the work by laying a foundation stone.
The drainage system will be made bigger so it can hold more water: 50,000 litres instead of about 30,000 litres.
The money, about 6.23 crore rupees, is coming from the Railways.
Work will be done in four places, including Rajiv Gruhakalpa, Gottala Road, Venkatarama Theatre and Ziauddin Nagar.
This will help more than 50,000 families and also farmers whose fields were damaged by the overflowing water.
Some of the work will be finished after the monsoon, which is the rainy season.
Union Minister Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar and Guntur East MLA Mohammed Naseer Ahmed laid the foundation stone for the Mondigate drainage modernisation.
The project will be funded with Rs. 6.23 crore mobilised from Railway funds.
The drainage outlet's capacity will increase from around 30,000 litres to 50,000 litres.
Works worth about Rs. 2 crore each will be taken up at Rajiv Gruhakalpa, Gottala Road, Venkatarama Theatre and Ziauddin Nagar.
More than 50,000 families in Old Guntur and farmers affected by overflow are expected to benefit, with remaining works completed after the monsoon.
- Who
- Union Minister of State Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, Guntur East MLA Mohammed Naseer Ahmed, and Railway additional DRM Ramesh.
- What
- Foundation stone was laid for modernisation of the Mondigate drainage system, funded with Rs. 6.23 crore from Railway funds.
- When
- Friday (exact date not specified in the article).
- Where
- Mondigate, Guntur city, India.
- Why
- To end decades-old drainage overflow that mixed sewage with rainwater and flooded nearby houses during heavy rains.
- Funding
- Rs. 6.23 crore from Railway funds
- Location
- Mondigate, Guntur city
- Current outlet capacity
- Around 30,000 litres
- Planned capacity
- 50,000 litres
- Additional discharge capacity
- More than 25 cubic metres
- Work sites
- Rajiv Gruhakalpa, Gottala Road, Venkatarama Theatre, Ziauddin Nagar
- Estimated cost per site
- Around Rs. 2 crore each
- Beneficiaries
- More than 50,000 families in Old Guntur and affected farmers