Road works worth ₹15.71 crore progressing rapidly in Ponnur constituency: Pemmasani
Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar announced that road development projects worth ₹15.71 crore are underway in the Ponnur constituency. The projects include bridge construction and infrastructure improvements supported by both central and state government funds.
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Several road development works estimated at ₹15.71 crore, taken up with the support of the Union and State governments, are progressing rapidly across Ponnur constituency, Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar said on Saturday.
Mr. Chandra Sekhar said the government was bringing several crores of rupees in development funds to the constituency and that ₹2 crore of the ₹5 crore annual MP funds available to him was being allocated to Ponnur. He said Central funds were being secured for bridge projects in Guntur and several tanks were being developed with the cooperation of Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan.
Mr. Chandra Sekhar, along with Ponnur MLA Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar, inaugurated and laid foundation stones for road works at Kopparavuru and Anumarlapudi in Pedakakani mandal, Sekuru and Thotlapalem in Chebrolu mandal, and Doppalapudi and Jadavalli in Ponnur mandal.
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