INCEPTION REPORT-NAQUIM 2.0 ON Aquifer Mapping Ground Water Management Plan of Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli Urban Agglomerations
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Andhra Pradesh
|
District |
Anakapalli Visakhapatanam |
Block |
Achutapuram Anakapalle Anandapuram Bheemunipatnam Butchayyapeta Cheedikada Chodavaram Devarapalle Gajuwaka Golugonda K.Kotapadu Kasimkota Kotauratla Madugula Makavarapalem Munagapaka Nakkapalle Narsipatnam Nathavaram Padmanabham Paravada Payakaraopeta Pedagantyada Pendurthi Rambilli Ravikamatham Rolugunta S.Rayavaram Sabbavaram Visakhapatnam(Rural) Yelamanchili |
Year of Issue |
2023 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
Lakshmi Narayana Damodara |
Keywords |
NAQUIM 2.0 ON Aquifer Mapping Ground Water Management Plan of Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli Urban Agglomerations |
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The Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli Urban Area has been taken up for NAQUIM-2.0 studies during Annual action plan (2023-2024). The total geographical area of study area is 775 sq.km which includes urban areas of both Visakhapatnam (578 sq.km) and Anakapalli (197 sq.km). The study area is located between 17° 31' 1.2" to 17° 56' 42"N Lat. and 82° 57' 14"to 83° 27' 39.6"E Long covered by SOI Topo sheets no. 65O/1,2,5,6 65K/1. The Visakhapatnam urban area ranked as second largest urban agglomeration in Andhra Pradesh and major hub for Pharma, Industry, Tourism and Education etc. Visakhapatnam has been home for a number of large and medium industries such as the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Visakhapatnam Steel plant, Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels, Hindustan Polymers and Coramandal Fertilizers.