Lifelines of National Economy Test - 35

• The inland riverine port which is also a major port of India is Kolkata port. It is located on the left bank of Hooghly River.
  
• The important import of Kolkata from the given options is fertilizers.
  
• The other imports include iron ore, granite, coal, petroleum products, and containers.
  

• Aviation in India is nationalised in the year 1953 on August 1.
  
• Air India International to provide long distance International Services, was formed on 15th June 1953 and took over the nine air transport companies with effect from 1st August 1953. 
  

Indian railways is one of the largest networks in India. It is divided into 16 railway zones and 7112 stations. These are managed and maintained by government of India through ministry of Railways.

Tuticorin also called as Thoothukudi is located on the Coromandel coast of Bay of Bengal. It is situated in the Indian state of Tamilnadu.

It is also called as "Sea Gateway of Tamil Nadu".

For quick and easy deliver of mails in towns and cities different channels have been introduced like Rajdhani channel, Metro channel and Green channel

Green channel exists in all major cities for delivering of local mails. A mail from a town posted to the same town is delivered the next day through the green channel. Green post boxes are installed for this purpose.

• Road density is the ratio of the length of the country's total road network to the country's land area. It is expressed in km of state roads per 100 km².
  
• Japan has road density 12 times greater than India. 
  

India has 14,500 km of navigable waterways out of which about 3,700 km of river and 4300 km of canals are navigable by mechanised flat bottom vessels. 

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.