Enumerate two natural factors that have led to the explain of the steel plant at Rourkela.
i. It is close to the Sundergarh and Keonjhar mines of Orissa.
ii. Coal is obtained from Jharia.
Mention two reasons to explain why the handloom sector of the cotton textile industry is important.
Less than 5 % of India's railway system in narrow gauge. Mention the other gauges used in the country and one narrow gauge route still in use.
Mention two factors responsible for location of the tile making industry in the Kanara Coastal Region.
The biggest problem of Indian forests in the fast dwindling forest cover. Mention two reasons for this conditions.