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Question
With reference to Haldia Port, answer the following questions
(i) Location of the port.
(ii) Hinterland.
(iii) Reason for its development.
Solution
(i) Haldia port is located at the confluence of rivers Hooghly and Haldi about 105 km downstream from Kolkata.
(ii) Hinterland covers a vast area including almost the whole of eastern and north-eastern parts of the country, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and northern parts of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
(iii) Haldia port has been developed to release congestion at Kolkata port.
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