indian transport wip

Railways first created in India

1853

First railways stations

Bombay to Thane

Length of the first railway of india

34km

Road built by sher shah suri

Shah road

Current name of shah road

Grand trunk road (GT Road)

Shah road connected two places

Calcutta to peshawar

Current bifurcation of gt road

NH1 (Delhi to amritsar)

NH2 (Delhi to kolkata)

NHAI operationalised

1995

Ministry handling NHAI

Ministry of surface transport

NHAI comes under which government

Central govt

Two main projects of NHAI

Golden quadrilateral and Corridors

Length of GQ

5480km

North - south corridor

Srinagar in kashmir to kanyakumari in tamil nadu

East to west corridor

Porbandar in gujarat to silchar in assam

Length of north south corridor

4076km

Length of east west corridor

3046km

Full form of BRO

Border roads organisation

Set up of BRO

1960

Important project of BRO

Road connecting Chandigarh to Manali and Leh

Length of the bro project

4270km

Nhai road percentage

2%

Percentage of state highways

4%

Percentage of district roads

14%

Percentage of rural roads

80%

Rural roads maintenance

Pmksy

Width of Broad gauge

1676km

Width of metre gauge

1 metre

Width of narrow gauge

0.762 or 0.610km

Railway zones in india

16 zones

Most important project of indian railways

Konkan railway

Konkan railway runs from

Roha in maharashtra to mangalore in karnataka

Which tunnel lies of konkan railways

Asia’ longest tunnel which is 6.5km long

Konkan railway passes through

Goa, karnataka and maharashtra

Construction of konkan railways

1998

Length of konkan railway

760km

Worlds longest highway tunnel

Atal tunnel

Length of atal tunnel

9.02km

atal tunnel connects

Manali to lahul spiti valleys

Transport used before the construction of railways

Waterways

Length of india’s coastline

7517km

Inland waterways are maintained by

Inland waterway authority of india

Inland waterway authority of india built in

1986

Contribution of inland waterways in india’s transportation

1%

Famous boat race

Vallamkali in Kerala

95% foreign trade by

Volume

70% trade

Value

Minor ports in india

200

Number Major ports in india

12

National waterway 1

Allahabad to Haldi

National waterway 3

Kotapuram to kollam

National waterway 2

Sadiya to dharbi

Central

New delhi

Eastern

Kolkata

East central

Hajipur

East coast

Bhubaneshwar

Northern

New delhi

North central

Allahabad

North eastern

Gorakhpur

North east frontier

Guwahati

North western

Jaipur

Southern

Chennai

South central

Secunderabad

South eastern

Kolkata

South east central

Bilaspur

South western

Higli

Western

mumbai church gate

West central

Jabalpur

Air transportation introduced in India

1911

stations of the first airway

Allahabad to Naini

distance of the first airway

10km

OIL

Oil India limited

ministry of OIL

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gases

establishment of OIL as a company

1959

First cross country pipeline

Naharkatiya in Assam to Barauni in Bihar

construction of the longest country cross pipeline

GAIL

year of establishment of GAIL

1984

Extension of the first cross country pipeline

Kanpur in 1966

Longest cross country pipeline

HVJ - Hazira Vijaipur Jagdishpur

Length of the longest pipeline

1700km

Length of First cross country pipeline

1157km

Increase in India’s gas infrastructure

1700km - 18,500km

Helicopter service operating in Hilly areas and Northeast

Pawan Hans

starting of radio broadcasting in India

1923

org who started radio broadcasting in 1923

Radio Club of Bombay

Year government took control of the radio broadcasting

1930

All India Radio

1936

Akashwani

1957

Limitation of TV’s in the beginning

only National capital in 1959

Year TV was delinked from AIR

1976

Separate identity for TV

Doordarshan

two satellite systems in India

INSAT and IRS

year of establishment of INSAT

1983

year of establishment of IRS

1988

Area where IRS-IA was launched

Vaikanour in Russia

India’s launching Vehicle

PSLV (polar satellite launch vehicle)