02-01-2018, 04:35 PM
NATIONAL WATER WAYS IN KERALA
*Total number of National Waterways in Kerala - 4
*National waterway - 3 - Kollam-Kozhikode - 365 km
*National waterway - 8 - Alappuzha - Changanassery - 28 km
*National waterway -9 - Alappuzha - Kottayam - 38 km
*National waterway- 59 - Kottayam - Vaikom - 28 km
Head Quarters
*National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI)
Ans : Patna (2004) .
*Inland Waterways Authority of India is at
Ans : Noida (UP) (1986)
*Central Inland Water Transport Corporation
Ans : Kolkata (1967)
Ports
*There are. 13 major ports in India (12 Government and 1 corporate).
*Mumbai port handles a basin of 12% of the total traffic of Indian ports.
*Latest major port in India
Ans : Port Blair (13th port) (in 2010)
*The only major port in India which is not situated in peninsular India
Ans : Port Blair
*The only state in India haying three major ports
Ans : Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin, Chennai & Ennore),
*The Agency which controls the ports in India
Ans : Port Trust of India
Kandla
*Kandla is a tidal port and a free trade zone.
*India’s first free port
Ans : Kandla
*SEZ was introduced for the first time in'
Ans : Kandla
*First Export processing port in India -
Ans : Kandla port
Kolkata
*The only riverine seport in India
Ans : Kolkata
*Largest hinterland port in India
Ans : Kolkata
*The port which is known as the gateway of Eastern India
Ans : Kolkata Port
*The largest terminal port in South Asia
Ans : Kolkata
Visakhapatanam
*The only land locked port in India is
Ans : Visakhapatanam
*The deepest major seaport in India is Visakhapatanam (Andhra Pradesh)
