Archive · 28 Jun 2025
Machilipatnam Sewage Project Breaks Ground, Promises Improvements
The government is working on making Machilipatnam a better place.
They're building new sewage pipes to help clean up the city.
A minister started the project by breaking ground for a new sewage channel.
This is part of a big plan to fix the sewage system and make the area prettier.
The government is also removing things that were in the way, like some buildings.
The sewage pipes should be working in about a month and a half.
The place where the city throws its trash will also become a park by October 2.
Minister Kollu Ravindra broke ground for a new sewage drainage channel in Machilipatnam.
The project is part of a larger ₹165 crore plan to upgrade the city's sewage system.
Encroachments near the municipal office and Raju Gari Centre have been removed.
Sewage channels are expected to be operational within six weeks.
The dumping yard will be transformed into a park by Gandhi Jayanti.
- Who
- Mines, Geology and Excise minister Kollu Ravindra.
- What
- Groundbreaking for a new sewage drainage channel and city beautification plan.
- When
- The minister broke ground for the project, and the sewage channels are expected to be operational in six weeks.
- Where
- Machilipatnam, specifically Division 17 and the area around the municipal office.
- Why
- To upgrade the sewage system, beautify the seacoast, improve quality of life, and remove encroachments.
- Minister
- Kollu Ravindra
- Project Cost (Sewage)
- ₹165 crore
- Channel Cost
- ₹35.16 lakhs
- Dumping Yard Disposal Cost
- ₹2.25 crore
- Park Investment
- ₹2.75 crore
- Expected Completion (Sewage Channels)
- Six weeks
- Target Date (Dumping Yard Park)
- October 2