Lifelines of National Economy - Major Sea Ports PDF

Deendayal Port, is a tidal port. It caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt...

Deendayal Port, is a tidal port. It caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt stretching across UT of Jammu and Kashmir, and the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Fig. 7.5: Inland waterways widely used in north-eastern states The Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia (1620 km)-N.W. No.1 The Brahmaputra river between Sadiya and Dhubri (891 km)-N.W. No.2 The West-Coast Canal in Kerala Fig. 7.6: Trucks being driven into the vessel at (Kottapurma-Kollam, Udyogamandal and Mumbai port Champakkara canals-205 km) – N.W. No.3 Mumbai is the biggest port with a spacious Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna natural and well-sheltered harbour. The rivers along with Kakinada Puducherry Jawaharlal Nehru port was planned with a view stretch of canals (1078 km) – N.W. No.4 Specified stretches of river Brahmani along to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a with Matai river, delta channels of Mahanadi hub port for this region. Marmagao port (Goa) and Brahmani rivers and East Coast Canal is the premier iron ore exporting port of the (588 km) – N.W. No.5 country. This port accounts for about fifty per There are some other inland water ways cent of India’s iron ore export. New Mangalore on which substantial transportation takes port, located in Karnataka caters to the export place. These are Mandavi, Zuari and of iron ore concentrates from Kudremukh Cumberjua, Sunderbans, Barak and mines. Kochchi is the extreme south-western backwaters of Kerala. port, located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour. Apart from these, India’s trade with foreign countries is carried from the ports located along the coast. 95 per cent of the country’s trade volume (68 per cent in terms of value) is moved by sea. Major Sea Ports With a long coastline of 7,516.6 km, India is dotted with 12 major and 200 notified non- majors (minor/intermediate) ports. These major ports handle 95 per cent of India’s Fig. 7.7: Tanker discharging crude oil at New Mangalore port foreign trade. Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port Moving along the east coast, you would see developed soon after Independence to ease the the extreme south-eastern port of Tuticorin, volume of trade on the Mumbai port, in the in Tamil Nadu. This port has a natural harbour wake of loss of Karachi port to Pakistan after and rich hinterland. Thus, it has a flourishing the Partition. Kandla also known as the trade handling of a large variety of cargoes to LIFELINES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY 77 Reprint 2024-25