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Krishnapatnam
port
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On July 17,
2008 UPA
chairperson
Sonia Gandhi
dedicated to
the nation
Krishnapatnam
port (near
Nellore),
which is
poised to be
the largest
port in
India. Port
being
developed as
biggest port
in Andhra
Pradesh
after
Vishakapatnam
and Kakinada
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it will be
the biggest
container
terminal in
India.
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The capacity
is being
estimated at
two lakh
containers
in the first
year of
operation
and
eventually
over four
lakh
containers.
Mission
IAS’2009
·
In the
second phase
of the port,
which is
well
connected
with the
road
(through the
National
Highway-5)
and also to
two ports,
Chennai and
Tirupati,
the port
will have
additional
seven berths
in the
second
phase.
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The port is
being
developed as
the biggest
port in
Andhra
Pradesh
after
Vishakapatnam
and Kakinada
ports.
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At
Krishnapatnam,
Sonia also
laid the
foundation
stone for
the 1600 MW
Sri
Damodaram
Sanjeevaiah
Reddy
thermal
power
project,
which has
several
special
features.
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It is in
fact the
first 800 MW
units, which
has the
highest
capacity in
India,
as far as
public
sector
facilities
go.
Note
·
India
has a long
coastline
spanning
7600
kilometres
forming one
of the
biggest
peninsulas
in the
world. It is
serviced by
12 major
ports and
185 notified
minor and
intermediate
ports[citation
needed].
·
Kolkata (Kolkata
Dock System
& Haldia
Dock
Complex) ,
Paradip,
Visakhapatnam,
Chennai,
Tuticorin,
Cochin, New
Mangalore
Port ,
Mormugao ,
Mumbai ,J.N.P.T.,
Ennore,
Kandla
·
Paradip is a
town and a
notified
area
committee in
Jagatsinghapur
District in
the Indian
state of
Orissa.
·
Kandla is a
seaport in
Kutch
District of
Gujarat
state in
western
India.
Located on
the Gulf of
Kutch, it is
one of major
ports on
west coast.
Kandla was
constructed
in the 1950s
as the chief
seaport
serving
western
India,
·
Ennore Port,
December
2002.
located
about 24 km
north of
Chennai
Port,
Chennai,
India is the
12th major
port of
India, and
the first
port in
India which
is a public
company.
·
Ennore
Port,
designed as
Asia’s
energy port,
has only 16
employees.
·
All
major ports,
except one (Ennore
Port), are
government
administered,
but
private-sector
participation
in ports has
increased.
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