Krishnapatnam Port
Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh has won the Golden Peacock environment management award for its initiatives and achievements in the field of environment. The Golden Peacock awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors, are presented annually under various categories. Krishnapatnam Port has chosen for the award for its innovative ideas which include plantation of over 20 lakhs 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, adoption of Nellore town traffic islands and public buildings for maintaining greenery around the areas etc.
