India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks. The waterways of the country have been divided into internal waterways and oceanic waterways.
The following waterways have been declared as National Waterways:
NW1- Allahabad to Haldia - 1620 Km
NW2- Sadia to Dhubri on Brahmaputra River - 891 Km
NW3- Kollam to Kottapuram - 168 km
NW4- Kakinada to Marakkannam along Godavari and Krishna river - 1095 km
NW5- Mangalgarhi to Paradeep and Talcher to Dhamara along Mahanadi and Brahmini - 623 Km
12 - Major Ports in India
Western Coast
Tidal Port – (Child of Partition) – Gujarat
Mumbai – (Busiest and biggest) - Maharashtra
JL Nehru- (Fastest growing) - Maharashtra
Marmugao – (Naval base also) – Goa
Mangalore – (Exports Kudremukh iron–ore) – Karnataka
Cochin – (Natural harbour) – Kerala
Eastern Coast
Paradip - (exports raw iron to japan) - Odisha
Vishakhapatnam – (deepest port) – Andhra Pradesh
Chennai – ( Most modern in private hands) – TamilNadu
Ennore – (Most modern in Private hands) - Tamil Nadu
Tuticorin - (Southernmost) – Tamil Nadu
Port Blair – (Strategically important) - Andaman andNicobar Islands
Air Transport
JRD Tata was the first person to take a solo flight form Mumbai to Karachi in 1931.
In 1935, the ‘Tata Air Lines’ started its operation between Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram and in 1937 between Mumbai and Delhi.
In 1953, all the private airline companies were nationalized and Indian Airlines and Air India came into existence.
Vayudoot Limited started in 1981 as a private air carrier and later on it merged with Indian Airlines.
International Airports Authority of India and National Airports Authority were merged on 1995 to form Airports Authority of India.
The Authority manages the Civil Aviation Training College at Allahabad and National Institute of Aviation Management and Research at Delhi.
12 - International Airports in India
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport – Hyderabad
Calicut International Airport – Calicut
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport - Mumbai
Kempe Gowda International Airport – Bengaluru
Goa Airport in Vasco di Gama city - Goa
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport – Kolkata
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – Thiruvananthapuram
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport – Guwahati
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport – Ahmedabad
Indira Gandhi International Airport – Delhi
Chennai International Airport – Chennai
Shri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport – Amritsar
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