The extension work on the Guntur Channel is set to pick up pace soon with the State government initiating land acquisition for the works.
A long-pending demand of farmers, the extended canal will benefit people of Guntur, Bapatla and Palnadu districts. The project aims at stabilisation of 9,600 acres of ayacut, provide irrigation water to 38,400 acres of new ayacut and also ensure drinking water to these areas.
Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Principal Secretary of the Water Resources Department, told The Hindu that the land acquisition process would be completed by December 2023, as per the Land Acquisition Act. Work will commence after completion of the land acquisition.
