Question

In Gujarat ___________ is the first port developed after independence.
A) Kutch
B) Smarla
C) Kandla
D) Porbandar

Answer 1

Hint: The port was developed due to partition of India and by that the partition of the ports of India. It was developed to ease the volume of trade that fell on the port of Mumbai after partition of India.

Complete answer:
The state of Gujarat has the highest number of operational and commercial cargo ports, in total there are 42 ports in Gujarat from which one is a major port and forty – one are non – major ports which are geographically dispersed across south Gujarat, Saurashtra and Kutch region.

Now let us look into the given options:
A) Kutch – It is a district in Gujarat (in western India) and the port Kandla is situated in Kutch. Kutch has many other ports like Mundra, Jakhau etc.
B) Smarla – It is not a sea port in Gujarat.
C) Kandla – Is the sea port first developed after independence in Kutch district of Gujarat.
D) Porbandar – the port lies on the shores of the Arabian Sea in the state of Gujarat.

Kandla. Now, the port –
-Was developed as an offspring port.
-After partition India lost the port of Karachi (which was very important) so the Mumbai port was burdened with an excess amount of work to reduce the pressure this port was developed.
-It is a tidal port
-Caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports from the state of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, and Gujarat etc.

Note:
i) The Kandla port has been renamed as Deendayal Port in the name of Hindutva icon Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay since 25th September 2017.
ii) The Mumbai port is the largest port in India, in Gujarat kandla is the major port and the largest port is Mundra port.
iii) The kandla port is used to export grains and imports oil, chemicals etc.