History · Geography

Rivers, Ports & Power Plants

Cities on river banks, India’s major ports and nuclear power plants.

Cities on river banks

• DelhiYamuna
• AgraYamuna
• MathuraYamuna
• PrayagrajGanga–Yamuna confluence
• VaranasiGanga
• KanpurGanga
• PatnaGanga
• HaridwarGanga
• KolkataHooghly
• LucknowGomti
• AyodhyaSarayu
• AhmedabadSabarmati
• SuratTapi
• JabalpurNarmada
• BharuchNarmada
• HyderabadMusi
• VijayawadaKrishna
• TiruchirappalliKaveri
• SrirangapatnaKaveri
• SrinagarJhelum
• GuwahatiBrahmaputra
• DibrugarhBrahmaputra
• CuttackMahanadi
• NashikGodavari
• RajahmundryGodavari
• UjjainKshipra
• PuneMula–Mutha
• LudhianaSutlej
• MaduraiVaigai
• KotaChambal

Major ports

• Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (Kolkata, with Haldia)West Bengal · river port
• ParadipOdisha
• VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh · deepest major port
• ChennaiTamil Nadu
• Kamarajar (Ennore)Tamil Nadu · first corporatised major port
• V. O. Chidambaranar (Tuticorin)Tamil Nadu
• CochinKeralam
• New MangaloreKarnataka
• MormugaoGoa · iron ore
• MumbaiMaharashtra
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva)Maharashtra · largest container port
• Deendayal (Kandla)Gujarat · tidal port

Nuclear power plants

• TarapurMaharashtra · India's first (1969)
• RawatbhataRajasthan
• KalpakkamTamil Nadu · fast breeder programme
• NaroraUttar Pradesh
• KakraparGujarat
• KaigaKarnataka
• KudankulamTamil Nadu · built with Russia, largest
• Gorakhpur (Fatehabad)Haryana · under construction