LIFE LINES OF INDIAN ECONOMY 1 – MAJOR ROADS AND RAIL ZONES
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Transport routs are considered as the lifeline of a nation.
The role played by transportation routes in the process of urbanization, in
addition to industrialization is decisive. Transportation helped in linking
rural and urban areas and expediting the process of urbanization.
Road Transport
India is one of the countries of the world with a broad
network of roads. The influence of topography is decisive in the building and
development of roads.
Roads
ROADS
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CHARACTERISTICS
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Golden Quadrangle
(Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways)
This Projects are being implemented by the National Highway Authority
of India( NHAI)
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Golden Quadrangle is the Express Highway that links four metropolitan
cities of India. This route which has a total length of 5846 km ( Delhi –
Kolkata – Chennai – Mumbai and Delhi by six-lane super Highways). In addition
to this the Government of India has planned, under the category of
Expressways , a 4076 km long Sri Nagar(Jammu&Kashmir) to Kanyakumari
(Tamilnadu) North-South Corridor and a 3640 km long Silchar (Assam) to
Porbunder (Gujarat) East-West Corridor.
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National Highways
Laying and maintanance is done by the Central Public Works Department
. (NHAI)
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Link extreme part of the country. Link State capitals, industrial
cities and commercial cities. It is the major road network in the country.
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State Highways
Construction and maintenance is done by the State Public Works
Department (PWD)
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States major road network. Linking a state capital with different
district headquarters.
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District Roads
This Roads are maintained by the District/Block Panchayats
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Links various places within a district.
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Rural Roads
Construction and maintenance is done by Grama Panchayats
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Includes both tarred and un-tarred roads which link rural areas and
villages with towns.
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Border Roads
Construction and maintains by Border Roads Organisation.
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Boarder Roads
Organisation was established in 1960 for the development of the roads of
strategic importance in the northern and north-eastern states.
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India has the largest network of railways in Asia. It is the
suitable means of transport for long distance travel for both the passenger and
heavy cargo.
Railway Zones
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Headquarters
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Central Railway
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Mumbai (Sivaji Terminal)
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Western Railway
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Mumbai ( ChurchGate)
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Eastern Railway
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Kolkata
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Northern Railway
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New Delhi
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North – Eastern Railway
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New Delhi
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Southern Railway
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Chennai
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North – Eastern Frontier Railway
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Maligav (Guwahati)
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South – Eastern Railway
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Kolkata
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North Central Railway
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Allahabad
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North Western Railway
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Jaipur
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South Western Railway
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Hubli
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East Central Railway
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Hajipur
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West central Railway
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Jabalpur
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East Coast Railway
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Bhuvaneswar
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South East Central Railway
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Bilaspur
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Konkan Railway*
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Navi Mumbai
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Kolkata Metro Railway |
Kolkata
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*Konkan Railway. This Rout was laid by the Konkan Railway
Corporation. Traffic through the Konkan Railway was started on 26th
January 1998. This route, extending from Roha in Maharashtra to Manglore in
Karnataka for a distance of 760 km, required 3500 crore rupees for its
construction.
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