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Q5 (CDS-II/2007) Geography › Maps & Locations › Indian transport networks Answer Verified

At which one of the following places, East- West Corridor connecting Silchar and Porhandar and North-South Corridor connecting Srinagar and Kanyakumari, intersect each other?

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The North-South and East-West Corridors are major components of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) in India. The North-South Corridor connects Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu via NH-44, while the East-West Corridor connects Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat via NH-27 [c1][c2][t5]. These two massive highway corridors intersect at Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh [t5]. Jhansi serves as a critical junction where the north-south traffic moving between Delhi and southern India meets the east-west traffic moving between the western coast and the northeastern states [t5]. While Nagpur is a major hub on the North-South Corridor, it does not serve as the intersection point for the East-West Corridor [t5]. This infrastructure project, managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), aims to reduce travel time and logistics costs across the country [c2][t9].

Sources

  1. [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Trade > ii) Phase II— > p. 4
  2. [2] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > National Highways Development Projects > p. 77
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