TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
PORTS
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DEENDAYAL PORT
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KANDLA KARACHI PORT
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DEVENDRAN PORT
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GUJARAT PORT
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kandla Port, also known as the Deendayal Port is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in the western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on the western coast.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kandla Port was renamed as Deendayal Port in 2017 under the Indian Ports Act, 1908.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kandla is famous for the Kandla Port which is the oldest seaport in the Kutch District of Gujarat, located near the city of Gandhidham. It is now renamed the ‘Deendayal Port Trust’, it was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kandla Port, located on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, is one of the twelve major ports in the country. As per the Ministry’s notification, the Central Government, in exercise of powers conferred on it under Indian Ports Act, 1908, made the amendment to replace “Kandla” with “Deendayal”.
Detailed explanation-5: -Kandla port also known as the Deendayal Port, is a tidal port. It caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt stretching across the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.