Gangavaram Port programme to motivate women preneurs

Visakhapatnam: Adani Gangavaram Port Limited (AGPL) organised a community celebration at the Multiple Sports Ground, Dibbapalem, under its CSR program focused on women empowerment.

The event was inaugurated by Kameshwar Rao, CI, New Port Police Station, Pedagantyada in the presence of senior management of AGPL and several women community beneficiaries.The program featured motivational addresses, engaging games for women, and a prize distribution ceremony that recognised outstanding participants and entrepreneurs. The atmosphere was inclusive, encouraging, and focused on dignity, opportunity, and self-reliance.Adani Gangavaram Port launched its self sustainability Initiative in 2022 to help women gain skills, income, and confidence.

Since then, the initiative has nurtured 25 women run shops, enabling participants—many of whom earlier had no earnings—to now make around Rs7,000 per month while managing their businesses with pride.Building on this progress, the port announced the establishment of 25 additional women-led shops, taking the total to 50 micro enterprises.