Transportation in India - land,water&air

1. ABDUL MUHAIMIN K
DEPT. OF GEOGRAPHY
KANNUR UNIVERSITY
TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA
LAND,WATER&AIR

3.  EXPRWSS HIGHWAYS
 1581 KM LENGTH
 Major highways
 MUMBAI-PUNE
 DELHI-MEERUT
 DELHI-NOIDA
 AHMEDABAD-VADODARA
 DELHI-GUAERGON
 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
 1,31,226 KM Length
 Constructed and regulated by
 NHAI (national highway authority of India)
 BRO(Boarder road organization)
 NH 44 (3745 Km) KASHMIR-KANYAKUMARI is the longest national highway

4.  STATE HIGHWAYS
 1,76,160 Km length
 Constructed by PWD
 Connect important cities
 DISTRICT ROADS
 5,61,940 km length
 Contructed by PWD& zila parishath
 VILLAGE ROADS
 Also known as Panchayath roads
 Total length : 26,50,000
 Narrow and zigzag roads

5. RAILWAY
 TOTAL LENGTH : 67,368 KM
 Largest railway network in the world
 7329 railway stations
 17 zones
 20,000 passenger trains daily
 First train : Mumbai-Pune(1853)
 2.5 cr. Daily passengers
 Annual profit :1.47 trillion
 Gorakhpur -largest railway platform
 Howra-biggest railway station

7.  National waterways
1) NW1:Haldia – Ahmedabad
2) NW2:Dubri – Sadiya
3) NW2:KOLLAM-KOTTAPURAM

8. OCEANIC WATERWAYS
 7517 Km coastal line
 12 major ports
 185 minor ports
 95% of foreign trade is through oceanic waterways
 70 % volume of foreigh trade
 55 shipping companies