Gangavaram Port celebrates World Environment Day 2015

Gangavaram Port celebrates World Environment Day 2015

Plants saplings and pledges to support current year’s theme of ‘Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care’

Takes steps to for environment protection  More than 15,000 saplings to be planted during the environmental week at Gangavaram Port under the Green Belt Development program  Sets the task force to achieve a target of 35,000 sapling plantation by December 2015 and pledges to support the present year theme of ‘Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care’ by conserving nature and minimizing use of natural resources

Gangavaram Port Limited, India’s deepest and multi-purpose port today celebrated the World Environment Day by initiating a massive Green Belt Development program at the port premises to create awareness and express their commitment towards the environmental sustainability, energy conservation and introduce measure for resource conservation . The event was attended by Sri Palla Srinivasa Rao, M.Tech, MBA, Hon’ble MLA, Gajuwaka Assembly Constituency and Sri. Amit Garg I.P.S. Commissioner of Police Visakhapatnam  City and officers from A.P. Pollution Control board of Visakhapatnam along with key employees and staff members of Gangavaram Port Limited. All participants pledged to focus on efficient utilization of current resources and maintaining clean & green surroundings for building a better future for Vizag.  

Mr. Palla Srinivas, MLA along with GPL Official.

Apart from sapling plantation at the port premises Gangavaram Port Senior Officials and Employee voluntarily participated in the “Green Rally” event organized by AP Pollution Control Board, Visakhapatnam. The event was flagged by the Member Secretary, A.P. Pollution Control Board & the Collector & District Magistrate, Visakhapatnam at Rama Krishna Beach at 6:15am.

With the depleting regenerative capacity of our planet the theme of this year's World Environment Day is Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care’. Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. In the present scenario there is strong need to focus on resource efficiency and adapting sustainable consumption and production patterns across the world.

With an objective to create resources for the future the Green Belt Development program at Gangavaram Port will include planting more than 15,000 saplings in the port area during this week.  GPL plans to plant 35,000 saplings in the port area under Green belt programme and 20,000 saplings around the neighborhood area including HB Colony, Yarada hills, Venkannapalem, BC Road , Swatantra nagar and Y- Junction under Green Visakha program by December 2015.   Under the Green Visakha programme 2014-15 Gangavaram Port Ltd successfully completed the plantation of targeted 30,000 plantations at Gangavaram port and received the appreciation from the Visakhapatnam authorities for timely completion with 98% survival rate.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. DT Naik, Director Corporate Affairs, Gangavaram Port Limited said, “At Gangavaram Port Limited we are committed towards devising a sustainable solution for creating a Green future for our next generation.  This year’s theme of Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet and Consume with Care encourages people to make both individual and collective decisions to save resources and conserve our environment for future. We at Gangavaram Port have made significant progress in developing a Green Belt & creating forums for social & economic development.  It’s our endeavor to preserve our natural surrounding and help Vizag become a green city in the near future“.

About Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL)

Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL): Gangavaram Port has been developed by Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL) a Special Purpose Company incorporated for the purpose of development and operation of the port. The port has been developed as all weather, deepest, most modern and fully mechanized port in India, capable of handling Capesize vessels. 

The port is one of the few infrastructure projects which have been completed within schedule. With 21 m water depth it is the deepest port in India. The Port commenced operations in April 2009 and offers major tangible benefits to Indian exporters and importers through deep draft berths, advanced material handling and evacuation system, highly efficient operations, vast storage areas for all types of cargo and extensive ancillary facilities. 

The port and all its related facilities and cargo handling equipments, meet the highest standards in terms of pollution prevention and safety.

www.gangavaram.com

For more information please contact

Sarodhya Yadav / Sunil Kumar M

Konnections

Email:  sarodhya@konnections.co.in/sunil@konnections.co.in

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