Name some agro industries of krishna delta
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Some industries of Krishna delta are :
Vijayawada: With vast rich delta land, 111-kilometre coastline and situated in the heart of the State, Krishna district is well known for the poultry industry, aqua cultivation and automobile industrial units.
The rich Krishna delta helps cultivation of agriculture and horticulture crops that promote agro-based industries and food processing units.
Krishna district stood first in aqua cultivation in the State with fish and prawns cultivated in nearly 70,000 hectares mainly in the eastern parts. It has won the national award in 2019 as one of the top three districts in the country in aqua cultivation. Prawn and fish feed manufacturing units are providing livelihood to several thousand workers.
Automobile industries: The district is also known for automobile units. The Jawahar Industrial Autonagar in Vijayawada is famous for body-building units. Buses, trucks and containers are built by expert technicians in the Autonagar. Transport operators from across the State come to Jawahar Autonagar for building bodies of vehicles.
Four cement factories operate in Jaggaiahpet, while the western Krishna region is home to stone-crushing units. With rich delta area, the district also has hundreds of rice mills.
Dairy units also provide livelihood to a large number of farmers.
Krishna district is the transport hub of Andhra Pradesh with 25,000 trucks operating from here. Being centrally located in the State and connecting point between north and south coastal districts, transportation plays a key role in transportation of agriculture and horticulture products.
Krishna district has excellent road and rail connectivity.
Vijayawada is one of the important railway junctions in South India. There is rail connectivity from Vijayawada to all parts of the country. Two national highways, Chennai-Kolkata, Machilipatnam-Hyderabad highways pass via Vijayawada.
Gannavaram airport also launched cargo services to various destinations in the country. HPCL, IOC refilling units in Kondapalli industrial area and Bharat Electronics Limited in Machilipatnam are major industries in the district. Krishna district has the potential for promotion of food processing units, owing to the existence of aqua farms, abundant production of mangoes, guava and other fruits.