All Major Ports in the country are connected by rail and by 4 Lane Road or National Highway. As per the information received from State Governments, out of the 66 Ports other than Major Ports (Non-Major Ports) handling cargo, 13 are connected by rail while 24 are connected by 4 Lane Road / National Highway.
The details of ports in the country, State wise, handling products viz. coal, cement, fertilizers, petroleum and petrochemical products is annexed [ Annexure].
Out of the total cargo traffic of 1129.63 Million Tonnes handled at Indian Ports in the year 2022-23, ports in the State of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh handled 493.85 Million Tonnes and 133.32 Million Tonnes respectively.
Annexure
|
S.No |
State / UTs |
No of ports handling coal |
No of ports handling fertilizers, |
No of ports handling cement |
No of pots handling petroleum and petrochemical products |
|
1 |
Gujarat |
15 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
|
2 |
Maharashtra |
7 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
3 |
Goa |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
4 |
Karnataka |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
5 |
Kerala |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
Tamil Nadu |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
7 |
Andhra Pradesh |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
8 |
Odisha |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
9 |
West Bengal |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
10 |
Pudducherry |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
11 |
A& NI |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
This information was given by the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
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