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Which port is an inland riverine port requiring constant dredging of the Hooghly?

AParadwip
BChennai
CKolkata
DHaldia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Kolkata
1. It serves the Ganga-Brahmaputra hinterland. 2. Kolkata is the riverine tidal port. 3. Haldia was built to relieve it. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 7, Lifelines of National Economy._
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