<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Chabahar port&nbsp;</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">India will send its next consignment of wheat as aid to <strong>Afghanistan under the Taliban regime via Chabahar, </strong>the External Affairs Ministry.</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">It is located on the <strong>Makran coast, Chabahar in southeastern Iran.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Its location lies in the <strong>Gulf of Oman.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">This coast is a relatively underdeveloped free trade and industrial zone, especially when compared to the sprawling port of Bandar Abbas further west.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It serves as <strong>Iran’s only oceanic port,</strong> and consists of <strong>two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Chabahar port r<strong>epresents the shortest route for Afghanistan</strong> to the sea.</li></ul><h3><strong>Chabahar Rail project</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The Chabahar Rail Project is a 628 km Chabahar-Zahedan line, which will be extended to <strong>Zaranj across the border in Afghanistan.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center">PRELIMS NOTES:<a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">CLICK HERE</a></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p>