Krishnapatnam
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Krishnapatnam or Kistnapatam is a port
town
in Muthukur
mandal of Nellore district
in Andhra Pradesh
, India
.
and market
center. It is situated at a distance of 24 km from Nellore
City in Nellore District
, the southernmost coastal district in the state of Andhra Pradesh
, India
and 200 kilometer north of Chennai. It has handled 30 million tonne of cargo in its first 12 months of operations. 10 deep water berths are operational at the port now,(for coal, iron ore and general cargo) and 2 breakwaters. It will soon have additional 35 berths, with facilities to handle containers etc.
Krishnapatnam is one of the very few ports in the world which can handle giant ships with load capacities of 1,50,000 tonnes.
Krishnapatnam port is being upgraded into India's biggest privately owned world-class port. It is being upgraded by the Navayuga Company. http://navayugagrp.com/sector_port.asp Iron
ore and granite
is being export
ed from this port to other countries like China
.
Krishnapatnam Port is connected to the National Highway-5 through a state highway. The authorities have also constructed a dedicated 25 km road to NH-5 and a railway line connecting the Chennai-Howrah broad gauge line near Venkatachalam. Six helipads have also been built.
Initially a single line railway via Venkatachalam and a four lane road are serving the port with provisions to augment to double railway line and 2 additional lanes of road in future. A New Broad Gauge Rail Line between the port and the Bellary
- Hospet
Iron Ore Mines has been sanctioned under a Special Purpose Company. A pipeline corridor is established for liquid bulk transport to the nearest 7 oil refineries, Apart from a dedicated belt conveyor corridor for transport of coal to the nearest 10 mega thermal power stations around the port.
The port has easy access to two major airports at Chennai and Tirupati.
There is an 4000 MW UMPP (Ultra Mega Power Plants (India)
) with investment of Rs17,500 Crores is being constructed here. The bid for the same was awarded to Reliance Power Limited (part of ADA-G)which quoted a tariff of INR 2.33296/ kWh to win the bid. Government has mandated use of imported coal for coastal UMPPs to ensure adequate supply of coal for other domestic power producers/ industries (for which using imported coal would not be feasible due to prohibitive inland transporting costs). Besides, coastal location of UMPPs made it feasible to import coal on account of economical transportation facilities of better quality coal available from mines in Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, etc. This project is one of the 9 UMPP's that have been envisaged by the Power Finance corporation to have "Power for all by 2012. Besides this UMPP, APGENCO is setting a 1600 MW plant at Krishnapatnam. The port is being expanded in phase 2 with the construction of 7 more berths and additional dredging to cater for this coal cargo.
Phase 3 expansion will cater to a container terminal.
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
town
Town
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in Muthukur
Muthukur
Muthukur or Muttukuru is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Geography:Muthukur is located at...
mandal of Nellore district
Nellore district
Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....
in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Description
Krishnapatnam is a major portPort
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
and market
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
center. It is situated at a distance of 24 km from Nellore
Nellore
Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....
City in Nellore District
Nellore district
Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....
, the southernmost coastal district in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and 200 kilometer north of Chennai. It has handled 30 million tonne of cargo in its first 12 months of operations. 10 deep water berths are operational at the port now,(for coal, iron ore and general cargo) and 2 breakwaters. It will soon have additional 35 berths, with facilities to handle containers etc.
Krishnapatnam is one of the very few ports in the world which can handle giant ships with load capacities of 1,50,000 tonnes.
Krishnapatnam port is being upgraded into India's biggest privately owned world-class port. It is being upgraded by the Navayuga Company. http://navayugagrp.com/sector_port.asp Iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
ore and granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
is being export
Export
The term export is derived from the conceptual meaning as to ship the goods and services out of the port of a country. The seller of such goods and services is referred to as an "exporter" who is based in the country of export whereas the overseas based buyer is referred to as an "importer"...
ed from this port to other countries like China
China
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.
Krishnapatnam Port is connected to the National Highway-5 through a state highway. The authorities have also constructed a dedicated 25 km road to NH-5 and a railway line connecting the Chennai-Howrah broad gauge line near Venkatachalam. Six helipads have also been built.
Initially a single line railway via Venkatachalam and a four lane road are serving the port with provisions to augment to double railway line and 2 additional lanes of road in future. A New Broad Gauge Rail Line between the port and the Bellary
Bellary
Bellary is a historic city in Bellary District in Karnataka state, India.-Origins of the city's name:There are several legends about how Bellary got its name....
- Hospet
Hospet
Hospet , is a city in Bellary District in northern Karnataka, India. It is on the Tungabhadra River, 12 km from the World Heritage site consisting of the ruins of the medieval city of Vijayanagara, former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire....
Iron Ore Mines has been sanctioned under a Special Purpose Company. A pipeline corridor is established for liquid bulk transport to the nearest 7 oil refineries, Apart from a dedicated belt conveyor corridor for transport of coal to the nearest 10 mega thermal power stations around the port.
The port has easy access to two major airports at Chennai and Tirupati.
There is an 4000 MW UMPP (Ultra Mega Power Plants (India)
Ultra Mega Power Plants (India)
Ultra Mega Power projects are a series of ambitious power projects planned by the Government of India. With India being a country of chronic power deficits, the Government of India has planned to provide 'power for all' by the end of the eleventh plan . This would entail the creation of an...
) with investment of Rs17,500 Crores is being constructed here. The bid for the same was awarded to Reliance Power Limited (part of ADA-G)which quoted a tariff of INR 2.33296/ kWh to win the bid. Government has mandated use of imported coal for coastal UMPPs to ensure adequate supply of coal for other domestic power producers/ industries (for which using imported coal would not be feasible due to prohibitive inland transporting costs). Besides, coastal location of UMPPs made it feasible to import coal on account of economical transportation facilities of better quality coal available from mines in Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, etc. This project is one of the 9 UMPP's that have been envisaged by the Power Finance corporation to have "Power for all by 2012. Besides this UMPP, APGENCO is setting a 1600 MW plant at Krishnapatnam. The port is being expanded in phase 2 with the construction of 7 more berths and additional dredging to cater for this coal cargo.
Phase 3 expansion will cater to a container terminal.