INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Haldia port or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly river. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port’s partner.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kolkata Port (KoPT), located on the left bank of Hugli River is the first major as well as the only riverine port in India.

Detailed explanation-3: –Haldia is an industrial harbor town in Purba Medinipur district, the Indian state of western Bengal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Haldia port was built as a subsidiary port to relieve the mounting pressure on the Kolkata port. Explanation: Kolkata was a busy port for trade since a long time. Its strategic location only led to increasing trade. So Haldia was built.

Detailed explanation-5: -Haldia is an industrial city in the South Rarh region of West Bengal, near the confluence of the Hooghly River and the Haldi River.