Orissa transportation infrastructure: Roads, Railways, Ports, Waterways and Air travel

Ports, Shipyards and national waterways

• Paradeep port: [becoming a Shipyard?]
• Dhamara port
• Dhamara-Chandbali: [1], [2], [3:July19-05], [4:land acq], [work-to-start-jan1-06]
• Gopalpur: [1], [OSL likely to bag this: Business Standard, Dec3-05], [Orissa Stevedores picked: Telegraph, Feb26-06], [agreement signed]
• Jatadhari (near Paradeep): port for POSCO
• Other proposed ports:
• Chudamani, Ganjam
• Astaranga, Puri: [1]
• Ports news: [SREI].
• National waterway in Orissa: (East Coast Canal from Paradip to Haldia of length 623 km integrated ) [0:Hindu-14July05]; [PIB-May05] ; [map]; [Tech study]; [Policies]; [1];[Indian Express; Aug 25 2006 cabinet approved]
  

• Editor's comment [July14'05]: Brahmani River crosses the South Eastern railway line at Jenapur which is 8 kms from Jakhapura where branchline goes to Daitari and on to Bansapani. Jajpur Keonjar Rd is another 7 kms away where one of the National highway [Panikoli-Keonjhar segment of 215] passes and 15 km upstream of Jenapur NH 200 [Chandikhol-Sukinda segment of 200] passes. The state government should connect NH 200 to Jenapur to NH 215, and plan to make Jenapur a major transporation hub, as it will be a unique location. Talcher is another possibility for a transportation hub. At Talcher the rail line, the waterway and NH 42 cross. While Talcher can be a transportation hub, Jenapur could be both a transportation hub as well as a tourism hub where cruis eships can stop.
• Waterways links: [Indian waterways authority of India]; [Important inland waterways in India:map]; [National waterway1:map]; [National waterway2:map]; [National waterway3:map]
• Riverlinking: [CM's order]