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Name any four sea ports of India. Alsomention one feature of each. |
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Answer» 1.The Kandla port is situated90 kms from the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat in a place called the Kandla creek. It was constructed in the 1950′s after the India Pakistan partition at the loss of Port of Karachi.It is the largest port in India according to how much of cargo is handled. 2.Located in East of India in Andhra Pradesh between Chennai and Kolkata port, the Visakhapatnam port is one of the major 13 ports of India. Lord Willingdon inaugurated the Rs.378 lakh Visakhapatnam port on December 19,1933. This port handles around 1.2 lakh tonnes of cargo every year.The Visakhapatnam port has three main harbours: the outer harbour, the inner harbour and the fishing harbour. 3. The Chennai port also known as the Madras port is thesecond largest port in the whole of India. It is the third oldest port in India that started its operations in 1881.It lies on the Coromandel coast in the Bay of Bengal and is Tamilnadu’s main port and is the major reason for its stability. 4.The Nhava Sheva which is another name for theJawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest container port in the whole of India.It is situated in the east of Mumbai, Maharashtra. The name Nhava Sheva is derived from the names of two villages that used to exist in that area. Kandla port..kalkatta port ..Mumbai port |
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