Geography


Chapter : 3. Liflines of National Economy

Eastern Coast Sea Part

India has about 7516 km long coast line having 12 major & 181 medium & miner sea parts.
On the Eastern Coast :
7. Tuticorin :
The port is in Tamil Nadu. This port has a natural harbour and rich hinterland. It has a flourishing trade handling of a large variety of cargoes to Srilanka & Maldives.
8. Chennai :
It is one of the oldest artifical port of the country. It is ranked next to Mumbai in terms of the volume of trade and cargo.
9. Vishakhapatnam :
It is the deepest land locked and well protected port. This port was originally, conceived as an outlet for iron ore exports.
10. Paradip :
The port is located in Orissa, specialises in the export of iron ore.
11. Kolkata :
It is an inland riverine port. This port serves a very large and rich hinterland of Ganga Brahamputra basin. It is a tidal port. So it requires constant dredging of Hoogly.
12. Haldia :
It is in West Bengal. It was development as a subsidiary port, in order to relieve growing pressure on the Kolkata port.

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