The Government of India is now going to construct the inter-State coastal highway along the Odisha seacoast. The seacoast of Odisha, stretched over nearly 500 km, passes over many important diversified estuarine areas of several major rivers of the State and neighbouring States like Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
The major estuarine forest areas and the tidal ecological system lie on the river mouths of Mahanadi, Brahmani- Baitarani, Subarnarekha,
Budhabalang, Rushikuly etc. The inter State coastal highway is going over the famous Chilika lake, an internationally famed as a Ramsar Site.
