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One new port will be built in the deep sea to reduce the load on Calcutta port. Hooghly River at Diamond Harbour. Despite the river being polluted, the fish from it are important to the local economy. Panoramic view of Kolkata from Howrah with Second Hooghly Bridge. The Hooghly river valley was the most important industrial area of the state of ...
Kolkata was a small river port inhabited by weavers and artisans before it was developed as a center for maritime trade by the British East India Company. The port on the Hooghly shore acted as a catalyst in the transformation of the city of Kolkata from a small weaving settlement to a major center of maritime trade in East India.
The Seaport was built on the banks of the Hooghly River and coastline in West Bengal. Kolkata Port is India's oldest port. Almost 50 million tons per year goods pass through the port of West Bengal.
The port is located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata. It was developed by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in 2013. It has a total area of 10 acres and a river front of 400 metres (1,300 ft) in length. The port consists of three jetties, which are one permanent RCC jetty and two pontoon jetties.
The following list is based on locations listed in Phipps (1840). The locations are listed in order as one goes down the Hooghly River towards the river's mouth. The name in the first column of the table is the name one encounters most frequently in British East India Company (EIC) sources. East and West in the table refer to the banks of the ...
The district of Hooghly derived its name from the town of Hooghly on the west bank of the Hugli River about 40 km north of Kolkata. This town was a major river port for trade in India before colonization. The district has thousands of years of rich heritage as part of the Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut.
Haldia is an industrial port city in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.It has a major river port and industrial belt located approximately 124 km (77 mi) southwest of Kolkata near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributaries of the Ganges.
Hooghly Riverfront is composed of the two banks of the Hooghly River, which runs between the city of Kolkata on the east and the city of Howrah on the west in West Bengal, India. On the east bank of the river, a beautification started in 2011, of which the first phase ended in 2012. [1]