 |
 |
Transportation |
|
|
| Roads |
Total
Length: 3.01 Million Km (2003) |
| Railway
Stations |
6984
(2003) |
| Railways |
63,518
km (15,009 km electrified) (2003) |
| Highways |
Highways:
total: 3,319,644 km; paved: 1,517,077 km; unpaved: 1,802,567
km (2003) |
| Waterways |
16,180
km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels (2003) |
| Pipelines |
Crude
oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700
km (2003) |
| Ports
and Harbors |
Chennai
(Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta),
Mumbai (Bombay), Vishakhapatnam (2003)
|
| Merchant
Marine |
Total:
319 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,325,284 GRT/10,581,459
DWT
Ships by type: bulk 115, cargo 80, chemical tankers 16, combination
bulk 1, combination ore/oil 3, containers 13, liquefied gas
9, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tankers 74, short-sea passenger
2, specialized tankers 1
Note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a
flag of convenience: China 1, United Arab Emirates 10, United
Kingdom 1 (2003) |
| Airports |
334
(2003) |
| Heliports |
18
(2003) |
| Indian
Airlines |
Indian
Airline, Destinations: Domestic: 64, International: 16 (2003) |
| Source:
www.worldbank.org/www.bbcworld.com/www.naco.nic.in
/ indian-airlines.nic.in
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