Write any four characteristics of Kandla sea port.

• Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port developed soon after Independence
  
• this port eased the volume of trade on the Mumbai port, in the wake of loss of Karachi port to Pakistan after the Partition.
  
• also known as Deendayal Port
  
• a tidal port
  
• caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt stretching across the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.