Sir no need of movin towards Farakka Barrage Just before the barrage about 1.3 km ago there is a lock gate of 350 meters width which takes diversion from Ganges & takes the route of Indira Gandhi Canal to finally get emerged into River Hooghly Already coal carrying barges taking this route to carry coal from Haldia port to NTPC Farakka & Kahalgaon This is the only future of freight movement of Eastern Hinterland & carrying coal