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Krishnapatnam Port, recognized as one of India’s largest
ports, was awarded with the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for its
environment-focused initiatives.

Some of the green initiatives undertaken by the port include
plantation of over 20 lakh trees within the port and more than 50,000 trees in
the surrounding villages, installation of solar lights in the port and solar
water heaters in the employee colony, establishing gas connections for
villagers so as to discourage them from cutting of mangroves, and adoption of
Nellore town traffic islands and public buildings for maintaining greenery
around the areas. The port has electrified its railway-line network from all
storage yards and as part of its sustainable strategy, thus leading to
reduction of carbon dioxide to the extent of 24,935 tonnes and also reducing
the diesel consumption of railway engines and GHG emissions.

Currently, the port is in the process of electrifying all
its cranes to reduce diesel consumption and moving towards solar and wind
energy to reduce fossil-fuel usage. The four R’s strategy adopted by the port
helps in: ‘reduction’ in water requirements by adopting new technology, ‘reuse’
of water collected from guard ponds after wetting the yards, ‘recycling’
methods wherein domestic sewage is treated and recycled for green belt
development while truck wash water is treated for dust suppression, and ‘recharge’
by developing rainwater-harvesting ponds.

In
a press release shared with CauseBecause, C Sasidhar, managing director, Krishnapatnam
Port, said, ‘We have created a socioeconomic atmosphere in Krishnapatnam that
immensely benefits the surrounding inhabitants, fostering sustainable growth. Going
forward, our goal is to achieve sustainable development and maximize the
positive impact by creating value for the society. We will continue to invest
in education, skill promotion, job creation, health and safety programmes, and
of course environment management that leads to overall economic development in
the region.’ 

In the photo: C Sasidhar, managing director, Krishnapatnam Port,
receiving Golden Peacock Environment Management Award from Prakash Javadekar, union
minister of state for environment, in the 17th World Congress on Environment
Management & Presentation of Golden Peacock Awards function held in New
Delhi