Lifelines of National Economy Test - 13

North-South Corridor would connect Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu with a 4,076 km long road.

Non-Renewable Resources: Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of such resources. These resources take millions of years in their formation.  Some of the resources like metals are recyclable and some like fossil fuels cannot be recycled and get exhausted with their use.

Water transpots consisits of all of these. India has an extensive network of water ways in the forms of rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks and long coastline accessible through the sea and the oceans.

The major objective of these Super Highways is to reduce the time and distance between the mega cities of India. These highway projects are being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). 

Mumbai Port is a port which lies midway on the West coast of India and in the state of Maharashtra

Mumbai is one of the biggest ports of India including three major docks. The three major docks include:

Prince's Dock

Victoria Dock

Indira Dock.

1.  India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks.
2.  The total navigable length is 14,500 km (9,000 mi), out of which about 5,200 km (3,200 mi) of river and 4,000 km (2,500 mi) of canal can be used by mechanized crafts.
3.  About 44 million tonnes (49,000,000 short tons) of cargo are moved annually through these waterways using mechanized vessels and country boats. 
4.  Inland waterways consist of the Ganges-Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari-Krishna rivers.

 

 

 

Haldia port  or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly river in Kolkata. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner. So it is not a port. It is an official dock complex.

 It is situated at 22°02′N 88°06′E around 60 kilometers (37 mi) away from the pilotage station.

The port consists of:

1. Impounded dock; system with 12 berths
2. 3 oil jetties in the river
3. 3 barge jetties in the river for handling oil carried by barges
4. Haldia anchorage for lash vessels

The docks are impounded dock systems with locks from the river.

 The port's main imports are petroleum, chemicals, and parts. Exports include coal, iron ore, and steel.

With a long coastline of 7,516.6 km, India is dotted with 12 major and 181 medium and minor ports. These major ports handle 95 per cent of India’s foreign trade. 

Airports authority in India came into existance on April 1, 1995 with the merger of the 2 authorities - National Airports Authority and International Airports Authority of India. It is a safe way and a speedy way but it is costly. Mumbai -Delhi route is the busiest and the costliest route.

1. The port of India is controlled by the Central Government under the ambit of Port Trust Act, 1963. There are six major ports located at west coast of India i.e. Kandla Port (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Navasheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port), Murmagoa, New Mangalore (Karnataka), and Kochi (Kerala).
2. Paradip is the port in Orissa.
3. Ennore Port, is located on the Coromandel Coast about 18 km north of Chennai Port, Chennai