India planning $1.5 bn industrial water transport corridor in east
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India planning $1.5 bn industrial water transport corridor in east

Coal India Ltd (CIL) , Paradip Port Authority and state waterways body Inland Waterways Authority of India, are together considering investing up to $1.50 billion to establish an industrial water transport corridor in the country's east. The proposed corridor will connect four key industrial cluster...
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Coal India Ltd (CIL) , Paradip Port Authority and state waterways body Inland Waterways Authority of India, are together considering investing up to $1.50 billion to establish an industrial water transport corridor in the country's east. The proposed corridor will connect four key industrial clusters of Odisha that house big power, electricity and fertiliser companies such as Jindal Steel and Power, Adani Enterprises, Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal, National Aluminium Co, NTPC and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative. The corridor, which could potentially carry 12 to 15 million tonne of cargo by 2030, will connect two ports in Odisha via the Brahmi river. Inland water transport is the most economical mode of transportation but it remains under-utilised at a share of 2 per cent in India’s modal mix. Transportation costs via waterways are roughly two-thirds of railways and half of the costs incurred on road transportation. The corridor will also help move coal to power stations in some of India's relatively industrialised southern and western states, some of which were hit by power cuts due to coal shortages triggered by the unavailability of railway rakes. State-owned Indian Railways currently transports the bulk of coal that goes to power stations.

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