Hazira is a suburb and a transshipment port in the

Surat City Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is no ...

in the

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state of India. It is the west most end of Surat. Hazira is one of the major ports of India and the most important element of Surat Metropolitan Region. The town is known as the industrial hub of India and is located on the bank of the

Tapti River The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river has a length of around and flows through the states of Maharashtra, Gujara ...

, eight kilometers away from the

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. It is a centre for health tourism due to its natural springs, and a base for major industrial and

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facilities like

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, Shell,

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, NTPC,

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, GAIL, GSEG power plant, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation,

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and Hazira Manufacturing Division(HMD) of

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Etymology

The original name of the village was Dhau. The village had a grave, Vaux’s Tomb of the Deputy Governor of Bombay named

John Vaux John Vaux was the Deputy Governor of Bombay in 1689. In the year 1697, when Vaux, along with his wife, were enjoying a boat ride in River Tapi in Surat, the boat capsized. A landmark known as Vaux's Tomb was built at the mouth of the River ...

. The grave in Gujarati was known as "Bakasno Hajiro" (બકાસનો હજીરો) is called as "Hajiro" (હજીરો). The name became popular and village became famous as Hajira.

Transport

Hazira is 22 km from

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and takes 30–35 minutes from Surat to Hazira. One can avail

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's bus service from Adajan GSRTC Depot to reach Hazira.

Port

Hazira Port is a deep-water

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(LNG) terminal and multi-cargo port. The LNG terminal is operational and it is India's largest, with a storage and export capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. It is a joint venture between

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and Total S.A. Storage and export capacity is intended to be increased to 3.8 million tonnes by the end of 2009. A container terminal capable of handling one million TEU is currently under construction by Singapore company

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. L&T shipyard started production of small ships and naval crafts in 2010.

References

Neighbourhoods in Surat Economy of Gujarat Economy of Surat {{Surat-geo-stub

Etymology

Transport

Port

See also

References