KAKINADA CITY PROFILE

Date: 22.01.2015

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNINGSCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE VIJAYAWADA

Submitted by:Nirupama StalinLavanya ChintaguntaManaswini MadasuAditya NarayanBanda TejasweriRohit ThakurUppada SureshRamavath Naveen

CONTENTS■ INTRODUCTION

■ ETYMOLOGY

■ FACTS AND FIGURES

■ GENERAL INFORMATION

■ POPULATION OF THE CITY

■ INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

■ CITY FORM AND CITY GROWTH

■ KAKINADA ROAD NETWORK

■ CONNECTIVITY

■ CITY DYNAMICS

■ LANDUSE DETAILS

■ PLANNNG ZONES

■ PROPOSED WIDENING OF ROADS

■ KAKINADA TOURISM

■ KAKINADA PORT

INTRODUCTION Kakinada is a city and a municipal

corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

It is located 223 kilometres north-east of Vijayawada.

It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district.

It is nicknamed 'Fertilizer City‘, 'Pensioner's Paradise' and 'Second Madras'.

It is spread over an area of 90 km. The city is part of a Special Economic

Zone and a proposed 'Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR)'.

Location of the city

Latitude: 16.93˚NLongitude: 82.22˚E

ETYMOLOGY

■ This place was full of ponds filled with red lotus which is called as Kokanadamu in Telugu.

■ The city of Kakinada was called Kakinandiwada(Nandi kings).

■ The British used to call it Cocanada.

■ After Independence, the name was renaturalised to Kakinada.

■ Even now, the City's two railway stations are codenamed CCT (Kakinada Town Junction) and COA (Kakinada Port) by Indian Railways.

FACTS AND FIGURESState: Andhra PradeshDistrict: East GodavariElevation: 2 MetresLatitude: 16.93˚NLongitude: 82.22˚EPopulation: 312,255Literacy rate: 81.23%Average Temperature: 28˚CAverage rainfall: 110-115 cmLanguages: Telugu(Official), English, HindiReligions: Hindu, MuslimBest time to visit: December to FebruarySTD Code: 884Postal Code: 533001

GENERAL INFORMATIONArea (sq. km) 31.69

No. of House Holds (2001) 73,373

No. of Municipal Wards 50

No. of Slums 101

No. of Urban Health Centers 6

Municipal High Schools 14

U.P. Schools 1

Primary Schools 52

No. of Burial Grounds 9

No. Of Major Parks 6

No. of Minor Parks 20

No. of Vegetable Markets 7

No. of Open Spaces 150

Total Area of Open Spaces Ac 85.135 cents

No. of Public Toilets 52

POPULATION OF THE CITYPopulation (2001 Census) 2,96,329

Population at Present (2011 census) 3,25,985

Projected Population (2031) 10,54,157

Slum Population 1,32,185

% of Slum Population on Total Population 41%

No. of pupil studying in High Schools 6830

No. of pupil studying in U.P. Schools 88

No. of pupil studying in Primary Schools 4777

INCOME AND EXPENDITUREAnnual Income (2013-2014) 30976.93 lakhs

Annual Expenditure (2013-14) 30371.00 lakhs

Surplus 605.93 lakhs

Annual Income 2012-13 5714.71 lakhs

Annual Expenditure 2012-13 3032.62 lakhs

Surplus 2682.09 lakhs

CITY FORM AND CITY GROWTH Major Spine of the town is the National Highway and the

State Highway

Rail Network and the Sea connectivity has led the concentration of town growth horizontally.

New Layouts have come up on the northeast towards Samalkot. (Overall 663 approved layouts)

Influence of VKPCPIR, the North direction towards Uppada and Samalkot also has potential for development.

Regional Influence:

VKPCPIR

Kakinada – SEZ

Port Connectivity

Good Road Connectivity

Educational and Health hub

Hope island and Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

KAKINADA ROAD NETWORK

CONNECTIVITYBy Road:

NH-214 from Kathipudi to Ongole (both on NH-5) passes through the city

S.H-40 connects the town to Rajahmundry and other towns in the district.

ADB Road and Samalkot- Kakinada Bypass Road

By Rail:

Being a shore city, Kakinada is a railway terminus.

Kakinada Town Junction (CCT),

Kakinada port (COA),

Sarpavaram.

Connected to Samalkot Junction (13 km away) on the Chennai- Howrah trunk line.

By Air:

Rajamundry (61 km away)

Visakapatnam (145 km away)

Water Ways:

Connects rivers and canals between Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry- Kakinada- Eluru- Vijayawada and Chennai

Length of the water ways is 1,095 km

CITY DYNAMICS Earlier Settlement:

Areas in the south of the creek with some historical importance. (Jagannatha temple, Dutch, French architecture) New Planned Development:North of the creek is an extension of the old town (Planned town). With the establishment of JNTUK and the other

educational institutes the city started growing towards Pithapuram

DEMOGRAPHY

Density/ Ha 220 persons

Sex Ratio 1046

Literacy Rate 74%

Work Force Participation 34%

Highest Ward Density 646.47 PPH(28˚ward)

Lowest Ward Density 14.92 PPH(12˚ward)

PLANNING ZONES Wards and Village Boundaries, Population to be

served

Density of population, Growth potentials

6 in the KMC area, 5 in the surrounding villages

PROPOSED WIDENING OF ROADSMajor roads widened for horizon period

RR Road 100’

Temple Road 60’

Main Road 100’

Pithapuram Road 100’

NFCL Road 80’

Cinema Road 80’

Approach Road 80’

New linkage roads were proposed in grid iron pattern in the vicinity area.

+1 bus stand was proposed near Sarpavaram Junction.

+3 truck terminals proposed. Bridges, Flyover, ROB were proposed

where required.

KAKINADA TOURISMKakinada has some 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.

A replica of the world famous Eiffel Tower, 100m in height, is being built there.

■ Annavaram Satyanarayana Swamy Temple (40 km)

■ Draksharama Shiva Temple (25 km)

■ Samalkot Shiva Temple (12 km)

■ Sri Bhimeswaraswamy Vari Temple (10 km)

■ Kukkuteshwara Swamy Temple (12 km)

■ Kotipalli Kotilingeswara Temple (30 km)

■ Shri Bhavanarayana Swamy Temple (5 km)

■ Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (5 km)

■ Hope Island ((5 km offshore, from Vakalapudi beach)

■ Konaseema (30 km)

■ Kakinada-Uppada Beach (Vakalpudi Beach), (5 km)

■ Rajiv Gandhi Beach (25 km)

■ Jain Temple, located in Main road

KAKINADA PORT

■ Kakinada Deep Water Port is located on the East Coast of India. It is in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, INDIA and is strategically located between major Ports of Vishakhapatnam and Chennai.

Navigational Channel

Length: 10000 m

Width: 160 m

Depth: 14 m

Turning Circle: 350 m

Island Breakwater:1050 m

Channel Buoys (Solar Powered): 16

Transit lights (Solar Powered): 2 nos

Beacon Lights: 2 nos

Berths

MAIN JETTY

Main Jetty has six berths & one OSV

berth

Total length of quay (six berths): 1510

m

Total width of quay: 25 m

Length of OSV berth: 58 m

Width of OSV berth: 25 m

Permissible vessel dimensions at Main

Jetty:

Max LOA permissible: 230 m

Max Beam permissible: 32.40 m

Max permissible draught: 13 m (on high

tide)

OSV JETTY

Two Finger Jetties: a) 4 x 90 m

with berthing faces: b) 2 x 40 m

Permissible dimensions:

LOA permissible: 90 m

Beam permissible: No restriction

Permissible draught: 8.5 m

NRW Extension

Multi-purpose berth: 635 m (North)

/150 m (South)

Permissible dimensions:

LOA: 170 m

Draft: 10 m

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