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==History== | ==History== | ||
Krishna district was formed by renaming Machilipatnam district and adding certain taluks of Guntur district in 1859. Krishna district was divided into Krishna and Godavari districts in 1925. During the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh Krishna district was further divided into Krishna and NTR districts. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://krishna.ap.gov.in/| title= Krishna district |work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 15 January 2024}}</ref> | |||
Krishna district has 25 mandals spread across three revenue divisions – [[Machilipatnam revenue division]], [[Gudivada revenue division]] and [[Vuyyuru revenue division]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Krishna district profile - AP Government - 4 April 2022 |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3c399862d3b9d6b76c8436e924a68c45b/uploads/2022/04/2022040412.pdf}}</ref> | |||
== Transport == | == Transport == | ||
[[File:CRDA Greenway in Gannavaram.jpg|thumb|left|APCRDA-Greenway near [[Vijayawada Airport]]]] | [[File:CRDA Greenway in Gannavaram.jpg|thumb|left|APCRDA-Greenway near [[Vijayawada Airport]]]] | ||
APSRTC operates buses from [[Gannavaram bus station]] which also has a sus garage/bus depot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations in Districts |url=http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |website=Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation |access-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sujatha Varma|first1=P|title=RTC offers a ‘sweet’ journey|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/rtc-offers-a-sweet-journey/article8204492.ece|access-date=8 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=7 February 2016|location=Vijayawada}}</ref> [[Gannavaram railway station]] is one of the satellite railway stations of the {{rws|Vijayawada Junction}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Train services to be partially affected for nine days|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Train-services-to-be-partially-affected-for-nine-days/article14991602.ece|access-date=20 April 2017|work=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref> The airport is located at Gannavaram 13 KM from [[Vijayawada]]. Road connectivity is available from Gannavaram to Vijayawada. | APSRTC operates buses from [[Gannavaram bus station]] which also has a sus garage/bus depot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations in Districts |url=http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |website=Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation |access-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sujatha Varma|first1=P|title=RTC offers a ‘sweet’ journey|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/rtc-offers-a-sweet-journey/article8204492.ece|access-date=8 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=7 February 2016|location=Vijayawada}}</ref> [[Gannavaram railway station]] is one of the satellite railway stations of the {{rws|Vijayawada Junction}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=Train services to be partially affected for nine days|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/Train-services-to-be-partially-affected-for-nine-days/article14991602.ece|access-date=20 April 2017|work=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref> The airport is located at Gannavaram 13 KM from [[Vijayawada]]. Road connectivity is available from Gannavaram to Vijayawada. | ||
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''The National Institute of Disaster Management'' was planned to be set up at the town by the higher education department of the state.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Maitreyi|first1=M. l Melly|title=Higher education institutions: State fast tracks process|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/higher-education-institutions-state-fast-tracks-process/article8259413.ece|access-date=23 September 2016|work=The Hindu|date=20 February 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref> | ''The National Institute of Disaster Management'' was planned to be set up at the town by the higher education department of the state.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Maitreyi|first1=M. l Melly|title=Higher education institutions: State fast tracks process|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/higher-education-institutions-state-fast-tracks-process/article8259413.ece|access-date=23 September 2016|work=The Hindu|date=20 February 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Krishna district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Krishna district]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||