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All About Kakinada

Kakinada







Location: East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh







Also known as: Kakinandivada(Before British in India),Cocanada(Named by Dutch After Invading India)







Situated on the Koringa Bay, Kakinada is the headquaters of the East Godavari district. Kakinada is mainly a port and fishing harbour, which has very old origins, the name of this town is said to have been derived from "Cocanada" - a name given by the early Dutch merchants who arrived here. You will still find old buildings which have the flavour of the Dutch architecture in Kakinada.











History:Kakinada is an ancient town. During the Dutch period it is used to call as Co-Canada and subsequently re-named as Kakinada after Independence. The people of Kakinada played an important role in Freedom Movement. Sri. K. Perraju, Sri Pydha Venakta Chalapathi and others took active part in establishing Indian National Congress in Kakinada. The All India National Congress 38th. Session was held in Kakinada in 1923. Sri Maharshi Bulusu Samba Murthy, SriRangayya Naidu, Sri Prathivadi Bhayankarachari, Sri Musalikanti Tirumala Rao, Dr.Vedantam Krishanayya and his wife Kamala Devi and Sri Mallipudi Pallam Raju have organized many meetings in Kakinada and led agitations against British rule. The Town took prominent part in the Uppu Satyagraham Mahatma Gandhi visited the town on 3rd April 1921, 24th December 1923 and 3rd May, 1929. This part of the town where Gandhiji addressed the public became a prominent place in the town and was named Gandhinagar. It has also earned reputation as a clean town, second Madras and Pensioners Paradise due to the planned development of the town. Kakinada is having an all Weather Anchorage Port. It is one of the intermediate Ports in the State developing into a major port. The Government have taken up the construction of Deep Water Port with the loan assistance of Asian Development Bank to a tune of $77.90 millions (Rs.120.74 Crores approximately) to give a big boost to the development of the Port at Kakinada.

ADMINISTRATIVE ORGAN: Kakinada Municipality was constituted in the year 1866. The first Municipal Council was formed in the Year 1907 under the Chairmanship of Sri Durusetti Seshagiri Rao Panthulu. Kakinada Municipality is one of the Selection Grade Municipalities which is providing services for more than 3.30 lakhs of population. The Government has Upgraded the Kakinada Municipality Status from Selection Grade to Corporation from 06-01-2005 and appointed District Collector, East Godavari District as Special Officer to the newly constituted Kakinada Municipal Corporation.
facts and figures:

Kakinada is a city on the east coast of India (Andhra Pradesh). It has around 450.000 inhabitants. The Kakinada bay is made up of the estuary of the Godavari River. A small sandy formation of 16 kilometers in the Bay of Bengal protects Kakinada from the strong cyclones and tidal waves. It's called Hope Island. Here we find several species of turtles.

Fishing industry

Agriculture and fishing industry are the main sources of income. There are about 28 landing centers at this zone. Kakinada also has a big fishing wharf. There are about 15,500 registered fishermen cooperative societies in the region. Along the shore around 200.000 people depend on fishing for their livelihood.

Industrialisation

The western shorelines are industrialised after the discovery of natural gas in the Krishna- Godavari basin. There are two big fertilizer plants and one big gas power plant. To handle the petroleum products and attract gas based industries, a deep-sea port was established.

Mangrove

The shallow Kakinada bay is an ecologically very sensitive area. On its southern part is the second largest mangrove forest in India. It's one of the last remaining big united mangrove areas in South East Asia. Part of it was declared as the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, renowned for its reptiles.

Pollution

Industrial activities, waste disposal, settlement effect the coastal environment. Mass fish kills in Coringa followed the release of industrial effluents upstream. Kakinada canal, through which the town's sewage enters the bay is the major source of organic pollution.