Odisha to Operationalize National Waterways to Boost Coal Transport

Imagine big trucks carrying coal and rocks.

Right now, they often use roads and trains, which can get crowded.

Odisha is going to make special rivers, called waterways, for boats to carry these things.

They will use two main routes, called National Waterway-5 and National Waterway-64.

This will be like building a new highway, but for boats!

It will cost a lot of money, about ₹12,200 crore.

This will make it easier and cheaper to move coal from where it's found to the ports.

It will also help take some traffic off the roads and trains, and be better for the environment because boats are greener than trucks and trains.