India 2018

States and Union Territories 649
To facilitate the visiting tourists, Tamil Nadu Tourism is making a
concerted effort in improving the basic infrastructure and services in a big
way in all important tourist centres. Alternate demand through promotion of
medical tourism, educational tourism, adventure tourism, rural tourism and
business tourism also enabled a quantum leap in tourist arrivals.
Geology and Mining
Minerals form the basic resources for several important industries and
contribute substantially to the Gross State Domestic Product and Industrial
Growth. Minerals are considered to be the backbone for the economic growth
and deemed to be the wealth of the country. The developmental activities of
the state and its economic prosperity are reflected by the availability of mineral,
wealth and its prudent exploitation.
The state is endowed with several industrial minerals like lignite,
limestone, garnet sand, silica sand, quartz and feldspar, graphite, oil and natural
gas, magnesite, iron ore, etc., and also common use minor mineral deposits
including world famous black granite and multi colour granite deposits which
enabled in setting up of cement, refractory, glass, ceramic and granite polishing
industries.
Transport
Roads: The length of road network under the control of Highway Department
is 62,294 km.
Railways : (1) Total length of route km is 3846 km.
(2) Running Track km as on March 2015 : 4943 km
The major stations are: Chennai Central, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli,
Nagarkoil, Coimbatore , Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Arakkonam.
Ports: Major ports are Chennai, Ennore and Thoothukudi. There are 23 declared
minor ports including 7 government. Minor ports namely Cuddalore,
Nagapattinam, Rameswaram, Pamban, Colachel, Kanneyakumari and
Valinokkam. There are 16 declared captive minor ports including Kattupalli,
Ennore Minor Port, PY-3 Oilfield and Thirukkadaiyur which are operational
and others are at various stages of obtaining statutory clearances and
development.
O. W.: http://www.tn.gov.in
Government
Governor : Shri. Banwarilal Purohit Chief Secretary : Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan
Chief Minister : Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami Jurisdiction of : Madras High Court
High Court
Telangana
Area : 114840 sq. km Population : 3,51,93,978 (as per 2011 census)
Capital : Hyderabad Principal Languages : Telugu and Urdu