Foundation stone laid for ₹424.42-crore 24x7 drinking water project in Ongole

A foundation stone was laid at Rangarayudu Cheruvu, Ongole, for an AMRUT 2.0 drinking water project costing ₹424.42 crore to provide round-the-clock water supply in the city. The plan includes re-zoning 35 distribution zones, building a 605.30-km distribution network, and creating 51,340 household connections; the contractor named in the report is Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL), with a stated completion timeline of two years.