Kakinada Port

Kakinada Port is located at Kakinada off the east coast of India. It is 170 km (106 mi) south of Visakhapatnam Port.

Kakinada Port is a large complex comprising Kakinada Anchorage Port, Kakinada Deep Water Port, Kakinada Fishing Harbour and Ship-Breaking Unit. Kakinada Anchorage Port has a century-long tradition.

Kakinada Deep Water Port is an all-weather deep water port, and the channel has a depth of 12 metres (39 ft). The port can handle vessels up to 50,000 DWT. The port handled 10.81 million tonnes of cargo in 2010–2011.Recently AP Govt has developed Kakinada beach and it has 100 acres of land covered from port to uppada area.

Kakinada Port railway station was opened in 2011.

In July 2015, it was announced that INS Viraat would be transferred to the Andhra Pradesh state government for conversion into a museum ship and tourist attraction, at a cost of ₹20 crore (US$3 million). She will be docked at Kakinada.

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Kakinada

Kakinada  pronunciation  is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation located in Kakinada (urban) mandal of Kakinada revenue division and also the district headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the 4th most populous city of the state.

Kakinada has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

Etymology

Kakinandivada, a village near the present Kakinada was a Dutch settlement. They also used to store and export Coconut products and hence, the name Co–canada. The British East India Company also called it with the same name when they established the first Canadian Baptish Mission. After the Independence, it finally got the name Kakinada. Some theories suggest, Kakasura's lost his eye by an arrow of Lord Rama coined it as Kakinada, Kakinandi vada derived from Kaka, an Ikshvaku king, who built the town. Another theory says, Kakulavada, an abode of crows, for catching the fish on this shore.

Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.

Assembly Segments

Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Elections 1989

General Elections 1991

General Elections 1996

General Elections 1998

General Elections 1999

General Elections 2004

General Elections 2009

General Elections 2014

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