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1. TRANSPORT
SYSTEM OF
INDIA
Geography
Lesson-9
A-5
Vijay Kumar & Chotu Sahani
10th STD
To- Mr. Dominic Hancock

2. Content
– Introduction
– History
– Road transport
– Rail transport
– Water transport
– Air transport

3. Introduction
– 'Movement of people and goods from one place to another
is called Transport'
– Transport is an important part of national economy
– India has a vast transportation system
– Today we have a wide variety of transport by land, water &
air
– Public transport is the primary mode of transport in India

4. Importance and uses of
transport
– Transport are use in almost every part of the country
– Transport are used in Agriculture, Industries, Forestry, Fisheries
etc.
– Different way are there for different goods to transport by land,
water and air
– Better utilization of the backward area with the advanced area
– For removing the tension of transport of goods

6. History
Road transport
– The people used the
wheels & animals to
transport goods
– Slowly new vehicles and
technics came up
Water transport
– It is known as that the fist
ship was built in 4,500 BC
in Egypt
– The people used the ships
& crafts for traveling,
trade & communication

8. – Roads in ancient time

12. Railway
– The first train in India ran from Red Hills to Chintadripet bridge in Madras in 1837
this was privet train
– The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay and Thane on 16 April 1853
– On 3 February 1925, first electric passenger train in India ran between Victoria
terminus and Kurla

15. – Railway map of India
in 1865

16. – Railway map of India in
1871

17. – Railway map of India in 1909

18. Air transport
– The fist airplane was built in 1903 in America it was made
by Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur
Wright
– The British, French and Dutch introduced air transport in
1929-30.

20. Types of land transportation
– Walking
– Palanquins
– Bicycles
– Human pulled rickshaws
– Cycles rickshaws
– Bullock carts
– Motor Vehicles
– Railways

21. Modern
Transport
Road Transport Rail Transport
Water Transport Air Transport

22. Road transport
– Road is the most important way of transport in India
today
– Road carry 90% of passenger & 65% of goods
– There are 4 types of road
a) National Highway (NH)
b) State Highway (SH)
c) District Roads
d) Village Roads

23. National Highway
– The main road constructed and maintained by the
central government
– It connects ports, state capitals, industry, and tourist
centers
– It span about 67,000km and handle 40% of road traffic

24. Highway lanes have…
– Single lanes (width 3.25m)
– Multi lanes (each have width 3.5m)
– 14% have 4 or more lanes & 59% have 2 lanes
– Rest 27% are single laned

25. Highway having 6 lanes

26. NHAI (National Highway
Authority of India)
– Established on 1989
– It is responsible for the development,
maintenance, and management of national
highways
– It is undertaken development activities under
(National Highway Development Project)

28. Golden quadrilateral
– It is the largest express highway
project in India
– It consists of building 5,846km of 4 &
6 lane expressways connecting Delhi,
Mumbai, Kolkata & Chennai
Advantages
– It connects many cities &
ports
– It give an important to truck
transport throughout in
India
– It helps in industrial growth
of small towns
– It help in transport of
agricultural products

29. Disadvantages
– No proper maintenance
– It cause to much of traffic which produce to much
air pollutions
– It has multiple check posts

31. Corridor projects
– Corridor roads are important for economic
development
– There roads are connecting east to west and from
north to south
– The highways are used for transportation of
goods in minimum cost and shortest time
– These projects is gift to industries

32. Industrial corridor projects
– Delhi- Mumbai industrial corridor (DMIC)
– Amritsar- Kolkata industrial corridor (AKIC)
– Bengaluru- Mumbai economic corridor (BMEC)
– Chennai- Bengaluru industrial corridor (CBIC)

34. Rail Transport
• Railway is one of the
largest way of transport
• It carries 18 million
passengers & 2 million
tons of goods a day
• Railway is one of the
world’s largest employer

35. – The trains were introduced by the British in 1853
– The Indian railways improved a lot after the British time
– There are 16 railway zones in India
– There are almost 8000 railway stations in the country
– About 46% of the railway route is electrified

36. Water transport
– Water transportation is the intentional movement
by water over large distances
– Water transport is the cheapest and the oldest mode of
transport
– Water transportation is also very common along rivers and
oceans
– It has played a very significant role in bringing different parts
of the world closer and is indispensable to foreign trade

38. Uses of water transport
– It’s use in transport of goods
– Traveling
– Sports and fun
– Defense

39. – They safeguard the waterway
– They are responsible for the ships in the sea
– They check the transport business & trade

40. Air transport
– Air transport is the fastest mode
of transport
– It can easily pass across
mountains, forests, sandy deserts
and buildings
– It is useful in natural and
man-made calamities like
floods, famines, epidemics
and wars

41. Airports
– India has total 11 international
and 115 domestic airports
– Main international airports are- Mumbai Sahara and Santa Cruz
Delhi Indira Gandhi
International airport
Kolkata
Subhash Chandra Bose
Airport
Chennai Anna or Meenambakkam
Bengaluru Kempegowda

42. Helicopter
– Helicopters are the only airway transporter that can stay stiff
– They are used in natural calamities and man made distractions like-
flood, earthquake, volcano eruption / wars, missions etc.
– It is also used for privet traveling

47. Reference
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_
in_India
– Geography of India
– A history of invention
– The Aircrafts

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