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March 14, 2014

SSC CGL Study Materials - Transport and Communication

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Friends, here is the 10th lesson of our SSC CGL Geography study materials series. In this lesson we shall discuss about the Transport and Communication systems of India. Happy Reading :)
  • Types of Transport :
    • Railways 
    • Roadways
    • Airways
    • Waterways
  • Means of Communication : Radio, Post, Telegraph, Wireless, Telephone, Email, Fax and Internet
  • The largest public sector undertaking : Indian Railways
  • First Railway Line in India : 1853 A.D, 34 kms, between Mumbai and Thane
  • The state which has the largest rail route : Uttar Pradesh
  • The state which has the highest road length : Maharashtra
  • No semblance of Rail network : Meghalaya and Sikkim
  • Number of Railway Zones in India : 17
  • Operational Difficulties our Indian Railways are Facing : Electrification and Track Conversion
  • Cheap Mode of Transport : Roadways
  • The longest national high-way : 7 (2325 km. distance, Covers Varanasi to Kanyakumari)
  • BRDB (1960) : Border Roads Development Board
  • AAI (it was IAAI) : Airports Authority of India
  • Domestic Air Services are run by : Indian Airlines Ltd
  • International Air Services are run by : Indian Airlines Ltd
  • Principle Navigable Waterway : Buckingham Canal (Vijayawada to Chennai)
  • The largest network of post-offices in the World : India
  • World's Longest High Elevation Road : Manali (Himachal Pradesh) to Leh (J&K), Altitude - 4270 Metres
Channels :
    • Metro Channel : Linking Six Metros
    • Rajadhani Channel : Linking All State Capitals
    • Business Channel : PIN-coded business
    • Green Channel : Local mail
    • Satellite Channel : Moneyorder Transmission
Gauge :
    • Broad Gauge : 1.69 mts
    • Metre Gauge : 1 mt
    • Narrow Gauge : 0.77 mt 

Indian Railway Zones - Headquarters

  • Northern Railway - Delhi
  • North Eastern Railway - Gorakhpur
  • Northeast Frontier Railway - Maligaon (Guwahati)
  • Eastern Railway - Kolkata
  • South Eastern Railway - Kolkata
  • South Central Railway - Secunderabad
  • Southern Railway - Chennai
  • Central Railway - Mumbai
  • Western Railway - Mumbai
  • South Western Railway - Hubli
  • North Western Railway - Jaipur
  • West Central Railway - Jabalpur
  • North Central Railway - Allahabad
  • South East Central Railway - Bilaspur
  • East Coast Railway - Bhubaneswar
  • East Central Railway - Hajipur
  • Kolkata Metro - Kolkata

Synopsis : Transport and Communication :

  • Road Ways : 
    • National Highways (Central Government)
    • State Highways (State Govt)
    • District Roads (Zilla Parishads)
    • Villiage Roads (Mandal and Villiage Panchayats)
  • Airways :
    • Air India
    • Indian Airlines
  • Railways :
    • Broad Gauge : 1.69 mt
    • Metre Gauge : 1.0 mt
    • Narrow Gauge : 0.77 mt
  • Water Ways :
    • Inland Waterways
    • Oceanic Transport

Read previous lessons of SSC CGL Geography from below
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