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Railways:
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total:
62,915 km (12,307 km electrified; 12,617 km double track)
broad gauge: 40,620 km 1.676-m
gauge narrow gauge: 18,501 km 1.000-m gauge; 3,794 km
0.762-m and 0.610-m gauge (1998 est.) |
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Highways:
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total:
3,319,644 km
paved:1,517,077 km
unpaved:1,802,567 km (1996 est.) |
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Waterways:
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16,180
km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels |
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Pipelines:
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crude
oil 3,005 km; petroleum products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700 km
(1995) |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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Calcutta,
Chennai (Madras), Cochin, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Mumbai (Bombay),
Vishakhapatnam |
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Merchant
Marine:
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total:
311 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,627,497 GRT/11,038,723
DWT
ships by type: bulk 126, cargo 63, chemical tanker 11,
combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 12, liquefied
gas tanker 10, oil tanker 76, passenger-cargo 5, short-sea passenger
1, specialized tanker 2 (1998 est.) ) |
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Airports:
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341
(1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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total:
230
over 3,047 m: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
1,524 to 2,437 m: 82
914 to 1,523 m: 70
under 914 m: 19 (1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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total:
111
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 50
under 914 m: 51 (1998 est.) |
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Heliports:
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17
(1998 est.) |
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