geography-seminary

Geography Seminar

Team Pushpa Shanthi Kendram 🏚️💊

Non-conventional sources of energy ⚡

• For many ages we are using Coal, Petroleum etc
  • These energy sources is known as conventional energy
  • But now we are running out of it due to its non-renewable nature
  • Burning such minerals can cause lot of Environmental Pollution
• As a solution for this we started using Non-conventional energy sources
  • Such as Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Wave energy etc
  • Its cheap, renewable & eco friendly

Transport 🚗

Transport, or transportation, is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A to a point B. Modes of transport include air, land, water, cable, pipeline, and space.

:- google

• Efficient mode of transport is essential
• Modes of transport are selected according to the physical characteristics of each region

Road Transport 🛣️

• Important for linking rural & urban centers
• Roads
  1. National highways
  2. State highways
  3. District roads
  4. Village roads
• “The Golden Quadrangle Super Highway”
  • The six-lane super highways connecting the metropolitan cities in India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
  • The National Highway Authority is responsible for such roads

Railways 🚂

• Indian railway network is the largest in Asia
• Largest public sector
  • Plays a important role in the industrial development of India
• Important for both passenger & cargo transport
• Rail transport started in 1853
• First Train
  • Ran 34 KM
  • Through rail between Mumbai & Thane

Rail Gauge	Width	Proportion
Broad gauge	1.676 mtr	74%
Metre gauge	1 mtr	21%
Narrow gauge	0.762 / 0.610 mtr	5%

Water Transport 🚢

• Cheapest
• Suitable for large scale cargo transport
• Does not cause Env-Pollution
• Best suit for international trade

Water bodies are classified into 2

1. Marine water transport
2. Inland water transport
   • Water bodies like rivers, lakes & canals
   • Used for
     • Passenger transport
     • Cargo transport
     • Fishing
     • Tourism
   • 5 Inland waterways in India were declared as national waterways
   • Inland Water Transport Authority: formed in 1986

• 12 major & 185 minor ports situated in the east west coasts of India
  • Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai Etc

Air transport ✈️

• Under the control of Airport Authority Of India
• 126 airports including 11 international airports
• Flight services
  • Both international & domestic services
  • Handled by Air India and Indian Airlines
  • Private companies also operate flight services

Questions 🤔

1. Pushpa Shanthi PVT LMT is planning to export C10H15N(Methamphetamine), the head of export Rahul decided to export it through water transport, but why ?
2. How manu waterways in India were declared as national waterways ?
3. How modes of transport are selected ?
4. CEO of Pushpa Shanthi decided to start a company named Pushpa Energy Kendram, he chose Non-conventional sources of energy over conventional source of energy, why ?
5. Examples for conventional energy sources ?
6. How many international air ports are there in India ?
7. Which is the largest public sector in India ?