The Union Government has approved the setting up of a major port at a place called Vadhavan. In which of the following states is Vadhavan located?

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SSC HSC Level Previous Paper (Held on: 10 Nov 2020 Shift 2)

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The correct answer is Maharashtra.

The Vadhavan port will be developed on the landlord model.
The port infrastructure including reclamation, construction of a breakwater, besides establishing connectivity to the hinterland.
The Vadhavan port has a natural draft of about 20 meters close to the shore, making it possible for it to handle bigger vessels.
Development of this port will enable cargo container vessels of 16,000 25,000 TEUs capacity, giving the advantage of economies of scale and reducing logistics cost.
With the development of the Vadhavan port, India will break into the countries with the top 10 container ports in the world.
It is a part of the centre’s Sagarmala initiative that aims to make Indian ports major contributors to the country’s GDP.

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State	Major & Minor Ports
Karnataka	New Mangalore Port. Karwar Port. Belekeri Port. Tadadi Port.
Odisha	Bichitrapur Port. Dhamra Port. Subarnarekha Mouth. Bahabalpur Port.
Goa	Panaji Port. Mormugao Port.