Transport in Nagpur
Nagpur has good transport infrastructure. Auto rickshaws operate in most parts of Nagpur and are the main form of hired transport.
Railways
Due to its central location, Nagpur is a very important railway junction and a transit for almost all the trains that connect the country lengthwise and breadthwise, especially trains connecting India's four major metropolises (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkota) located in the four corners of the country.[1] The main railway station in Nagpur city is the Nagpur Railway Station, while the much smaller Ajni, Itwari, Kalamna, Kamptee, and Khapri are the other railway stations in the city's vicinity.
Roads
Nagpur is also a major junction for roadways as India's two major national highways (Kanyakumari-Varanasi (NH 7) and Hajira-Kolkota (NH-6)) pass through the city.[2] One more highway number 69 connect Nagpur to Obaidullaganj near Bhopal. Nagpur is also at the junction of two Asian Highways namely AH43 Agra,India to Matara, Sri Lanka and AH46 connecting Kharagpur, India to Dhule,India Moreover, Nagpur city has come in the national spotlight recenty for its good roads, which were developed as part of the upgradation and renewal works under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP), spearheaded by the erstwhile Commissioner of the Corporation Dr. T Chandrashekhar. In another development, the Inland Container Depot at Nagpur run by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has been the fastest growing inland port in the country in recent years.[3]
Air
Nagpur's Air Traffic Control (ATC) is the busiest in India[3], with more than 300 international flights flying over the city every day in 2004.[4] Domestic airlines such as Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Indigo, kingfisher Airlines, GoAir, Sahara and Air Deccan connect Nagpur with major cities like Mumbai (8 flights daily), Delhi (4 flights daily), Ahemdabad (2 flight daily), Pune(2 flight daily), Bangalore (1 flight daily)Indore (1 flight daily), Hyderabad (3 flight daily and 1, 4 times a week), and Kolkata (1 flight daily and another twice a week). In October 2005, Nagpur's erstwhile Sonegaon Airport was declared an international airport and was renamed Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.[5] Initial flights between Nagpur and Sharjah were launched by Air Arabia with the intention of tapping the strong demand for international travel within Central India.[6] In April 2006 Indian Airlines connected Nagpur and Bangkok with a non-stop twice weekly service. Likewise, Qatar Airways has started a twice-weekly service from Nagpur to Doha as well as Air India started a flight to Dubai 3days a week from 24th sept 2007; SilkAir to start for Singapore & Emirates air to dubai shortly.
Nagpur is set to be a prominent destination on India's aviation map as the country's first ever Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur(MIHAN) was completed on the outskirts of the city in 2006. MIHAN is expected to contribute significantly to the development of the city as well as the economically backward Vidarbha region.[7][8] Another major impetus to the budding aviation industry in Nagpur is Boeing's decision to set up a $ 185 million maintenance base in the city in 2006.[9]
MIHAN is India's largest industrial Project and expected to transform the area around MIHAN as a self sufficient city rather than as a satellite city of Nagpur. It is expected that MIHAN will become MIHANpur and along with Nagpur will be the other twin cities of India after Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
Notes
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- ^ ""Nagpur stakes claim to lead boomtown pack"". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
- ^ a b ""Nagpur stakes claim to lead boomtown pack"". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2006-06.
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- ^ ""Nagpur Airport being renamed"". The Hindu. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
- ^ ""Nagpur set to become international airport — Air Arabia to start operations from Oct 16"". The Hindu. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
- ^ ""Nagpur to be India's first cargo hub"". The Times of India. Retrieved 2006-06.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Understanding Underdevelopment in Vidarbha" (PDF). IWMI-Tata WATER POLICY PROGRAM. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
- ^ ""Boeing to site $185 mln Indian facility in Nagpur"". Reuters. Retrieved 2006-09-09.