Kakinada (Telugu: కాకినాడ) : pronunciation is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 465 kilometres (289 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad.
It is also the headquarters ofEast Godavari district.
It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" (owing to the large concentration of fertiliser plants), "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras".
The city had an urban population of 312,936 in 2011, making it the sixth largest city by area and the ninth largest city by population in Andhra Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 190 km2.
Kakinada is part of a Special Economic Zone and a proposed "Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR)". It is a hub to all the deep sea exploratory activity in the region due to its deep-water sea port and its proximity to the gas fields
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The headquarters of East Godavari district. The city also has a deep-water port which is expanding rapidly and is the second largest in the state after Visakhapatnam port.
Kakinada city is a software hub because it is one of the largest tier-4 cities of India where software technology parks of India have started their operations in 2007
Kakinada is also the hub of the world’s largest discovery of national gas in the Krishna Godavari basin, which is being extracted by Reliance Industries. This has resulted in significant industrial activity with various refineries and energy industries coming up. With the recent growth in the industrial and commercial sectors, major hotels, multiplex theatres and shopping malls are just beginning to show up in the city...
Industries
Fertilizer
Kakinada is often called the "Fertilizer City" of Andhra Pradesh.
Sugar
The Murugappa Group-owned EID Parry (India) Ltd and Cargill International SA joint venture, Silk Road Sugars Pvt Ltd, has a port-based stand-alone sugar refinery in Kakinada with a refining capacity of 6 lakh tonnes. Reliance is also planning to set up a sugar mill.
Natural gas and petroleum
Kakinada is the base for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's Eastern Offshore Asset. Several oil companies have Kakinada as a transit point for oil and gasoline shipments. Baker Hughes and Schlumberger are examples of the field development companies working on natural gas fields offshore the city. The Krishna Godavari Basin is considered to be the largest natural gas basin in India.
In 2010, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board awarded the City Gas Distribution project for Kakinada city to Bhagyanagar Gas Limited, a consortium of GAIL and Hindustan Petroleum. The construction work is underway to supply gas to Kakinada city and the surrounding towns of Samalkot, Peddapuram and Pithapuram, thus making Kakinada the first city in Andhra Pradesh to get piped gas supply for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes
Edible oil refineries and biofuel plants
In 2002 several edible oil refineries established themselves in Kakinada and the refining capacity has touched 3000 tons per day. Kakinada port is facilitating the imports of crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil. Kakinada has an edible oil refining capacity of more than 3000 MTS per day.
Power generation
There are several small and large power plants in and around Kakinada. Spectrum Power Generation Ltd. has a 208MW power plant at Kakinada
Information technology
Kakinada is tier-II cities in India and in Andhra Pradesh where Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) had set up a facility in 2007.
Since the inception of the facility, several companies have started operations in this city and list is growing due to availability of highly educated workforce in the district.
About 36 companies are currently operating in Kakinada. Tech Mahindra will start their operations by 2013 Total turnover of IT/ITES from Kakinada is around Rs 15 Crore during the last fiscal year
Electronics
Kakinada is home to Andhra Electronics Ltd., an electronic components manufacturing company, which started operations in 1977.
Auto and iron/steel
There are several auto and iron/steel ancillary industries in Kakinada, such as Sri Ramadas Motor Transport Limited and Sri Bhavani Castings Ltd.
Rice mills
Several rice mills exist in and around Kakinada and some of the rice is exported to other countries.
Fabrication and Machine Shops
Kakinada is home to Decon Engineers, an fabrication cum machine shop, which started its operations in 1984. The company has developed since inception and today, they are "The Experts in Professional Engineering". They have emerged as the goto place for any and all professional engineering services.
Health care
Kakinada has many health care facilities supported by both the government and private institutions. The major ones include the Government General Hospital (GGH), Apollo Hospitals, Christian Cancer Center, Care Hospital, Sai Sudha Hospital, Sravani ENT Care, Trust Hospital, Star hospital, Safe Emergency Hospital, Sri Satya Sai Multispeciality Hospital and New Life Hospital. Kakinada also has famous eye hospitals like the 50-year old State of the art D. V. Raju Eye Hospital which has been serving the city and the district of East Godavari through 3 generations. Nayana Eye Care, established in 1997 by Dr. Sriram Ravula, set a new trend by offering world-class eye care services in Kakinada and paved a path for many Eye hospitals around the state set up much later. Today, it is a leading Eye Hospital in the Northern Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and is a well equipped and highly acclaimed eye hospital in the state of Andhra Pradesh, providing comprehensive speciality services in Ophthalmology.
Major Hospital's
- Government General Hospital (GGH) (Biggest and main Government hospital for both Godavari districts)
- Apollo Hospitals on the main road
- Christian Cancer Center & multi-speciality hospital on the Pithapuram road
- Global super speciality hospitals & heart center on the Madahavapatnam road
- Trust super speciality hospital, near Sarpavaram Junction.
- 7-Star Multi speciality hospital on the Manin Road
- Care Hospital on the main road
- Sai Sudha Hospital on the Salipeta, Jawahar road
- Safe Emergency Hospital at Bhanuguid Junction.
- Sri Satya Sai Multispeciality Hospital
- New Life Hospital-NFCL Road
- Sravani ENT Care
- laxmi hospital
- Many more hospitals and blood banks can be found in this city
Eye care hospitals
- Nayana Eye Care, West of Janmabhoomi Park at Bhanugudi Junction. ref
- Vasan Eye Care at Nookalamma Temple Junction.
- Sri Kiran Eye Hospital
- Alberta Retina Clinic
- Nethralaya Eye Care
- Anju Eye Care at Bhanugudi Junction.
Tourism
Though Kakinada is some what known for tourism, it has some very good places in and around to visit, like ancient temples, some beaches, mangrove forests and Godavari delta. The Union Territory of Yanam on the banks of River Godavari,25 km south of Kakinada, is making rapid strides in Tourism. A replica of the world famous Eiffel Tower, 100m in height, is being built there. AP Tourism is trying to promote the Konaseema region (30 km from Kakinada), into a tourism hub. Below is a list of places in and around Kakinada that may be of some interest to visitors.
- Tholi Thirupathi Sri Srungara vallaba Swamy Temple,Near Divili Village,Peddapuram Mandal Andhrapradesh 1st Thirupathi(40 km)
- Annavaram Satyanarayana Swamy Temple, Andhra Pradesh's second richest temple, (40 km)
- Draksharama Shiva Temple (One of the five Pancharama Kshetras and aNational Heritage site), (25 km)
- Samalkot Shiva Temple (another one of the five Pancharama Kshetras and aNational Heritage site), (12 km)
- Sri Bhimeswaraswamy Vari Temple (Sri Chalukya Kumararama Temple, one of the five Pancharama Kshetras and a National Heritage site) (10 km) Samalkota
- Kukkuteshwara Swamy Temple at Pithapuram,(12 km)
- Kotipalli Kotilingeswara Temple, on the banks of the river Godavari, (30 km)
- Shri Bhavanarayana Swamy Temple (Sun God), Sarpavaram, Kakinada,(5 km)
- Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of River Godavari's estuary, (5 km)
- Hope Island, India, a sand spit formed in sea by River Godavari.(5 km offshore, from Vakalapudi beach)
- Konaseema, scenic locations of Godavari delta islands, (30 km)
- Kakinada-Uppada Beach (Vakalpudi Beach), (5 km) and Rajiv Gandhi Beach on the banks of the Godavari, Yanam, (25 km)KAKINADA BECH ROAD NEMAM VILLAGE
- Sree Veerabrahmendra swamy temple
- Jain Temple, located in Main road
