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<text id=93CT0651>
<title>
India--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: India
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 61,850 km total (1986); 33,553 km 1.676-meter broad
gauge, 24,051 km 1.000-meter gauge, 4,246 km narrow gauge (0.762
meter and 0.610 meter); 12,617 km is double track; 6,500 km is
electrified
</p>
<p>Highways: 1,970,000 km total (1989); 960,000 km surfaced and
1,010,000 km gravel, crushed stone, or earth
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 16,180 km; 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 3,497 km; petroleum products 1,703 km; natural
gas 902 km (1989)
</p>
<p>Ports: Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Kandla, Madras, New Mangalore,
Port Blair (Andaman Islands)
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 306 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,278,672
GRT/10,446,073 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 6
passenger-cargo, 87 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 8 container, 63 oil
tanker, 10 chemical tanker, 8 combination ore/oil, 114 bulk, 2
combination bulk, 6 liquefied gas
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 336</l>
<l> usable: 285</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 205</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 58</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 90</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: domestic telephone system is poor providing
only one telephone for about 200 persons on average; long distance
telephoning has been improved by a domestic satellite system which
also carries TV; international service is provided by 3 Indian Ocean
INTELSAT earth stations and by submarine cables to Malaysia and the
United Arab Emirates; broadcast stations - 96 AM, 4 FM, 274 TV
(government controlled)
</p></body></article></text>