Tag: human geography in tamil nadu

Chennai Regional Transport office is the largest in Tamil Nadu. Along with several types of facilities, RTO office in Chennai allows road transport to act uniquely as best transport mode for small distances linking rural, suburban region to cities; other transport modes are not suited to this act.

Communication is sending and receiving information between two or more people. The means through which ideas and information are exchanged are called means of communication. It includes devices which we use to talk, or to send message from one end to others; or from one person to other. 

• Tamil Nadu has a coastline of about 1,076 km (669 mi) which is the country's second longest coastline. 

• Chennai Port, is the second largest container port of India.
• Ennore Port, officially renamed Kamarajar Port Limited, is located on the Coromandel Coast about 24 km north of Chennai Port, Chennai.
• Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) Port is an artificial deep-sea harbour.

• Two major categories under which water transport can be divided are as follows: 1. Inland Waterways 2. Ocean or Sea Transport.

Anna International Airport is the third largest airport in India after Mumbai and Delhi. It is connected to 19 countries and operating more than 169 direct flights every week.

Buckingham Canal is a long fresh water navigation canal. It is running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India from Kakinada in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu. Its length is 796 kilometres. The canal was used to convey goods up and down the coast from Vijayawada to Chennai. But, this channel has lost its importance now. It was damaged due to the cyclones of 1965-1966 and 1976. It is little used and no longer well maintained. It is badly polluted from sewage and industrial effluents in Chennai.

• Vedaranyam is a town in Nagapattinam district  of Tamil Nadu.
  
• Salt from Vedaranyam was transported to Nagapattinam port through a 32 mi (51 km) long canal.
  

Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP) aims at creating a navigation channel from the Indian Ocean to the Bay of Bengal through Gulf of Mannar, Adam's Bridge, Palk Bay and Palk Strait within the Indian border. This project is of strategic importance as it connects the neighbouring continents and countries. It also acts as a catalyst for industrial development, super trade and commerce advance coastal shipping and generate employment.