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There are numerous steel plants in the state apart from the alloy steel plant at Durgapur. The centre has established a number of industries in the areas of tea, sugar, chemicals and fertilisers. Natural resources like tea and jute in and nearby parts have made West Bengal a major centre for the jute and tea industries. West Bengal is at the ...
Durgapur Steel Plant is situated about 158 km from Kolkata, its geographical location is defined as 23° 27' North and 88° 29' East. It is situated on the banks of the Damodar River in the Paschim Bardhaman district in the growing industrial city of Durgapur. The Grand Trunk Road and the main Kolkata-Delhi railway line pass through Durgapur. [2]
Cities and towns in the southern portion of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited at Burnpur has a crude steel production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per year. [35] The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant was implemented with an investment of over Rs 16,000 crore [ 36 ] As of 2015, the investment for modernisation was the single largest ...
No. Place Significance 1: Bhilai: Iron and steel, power generation, cement, chemical, light and heavy industries, railway marshalling yard, fabrication and machining, electronics and electrical works
Durgapur (/ ˈ d ʊ r ɡ ə p ɔːr /) is a major industrial city and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal.Located in Paschim Bardhaman district, economy and technology wise it is the most important city and urban agglomeration of West Bengal next to Kolkata and also the most important industrial hub of West Bengal. [7]
The governing body got its name from the railway station. The formation of the Durgapur Steel Plant, an integrated steel plant and its steel township in late 1950 by the then chief minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, heralded the rapid development of the region. Plenty of industries were set up at that time in Durgapur.
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).