INFORMATION ABOUT BOKARO STEEL CITY

Bokaro Steel Plant - the fourth integrated plant in the Public Sector - started taking shape in 1965 in collaboration with the Soviet Union. It was originally incorporated as a limited company on 29th January 1964, and was later merged with SAIL, The Plant is hailed as the country’s first Swadeshi steel plant, built with maximum indigenous content in terms of equipment, material and know-how. Its first Blast Furnace started on 2nd October 1972.

Bokaro Steel values its people as the fulcrum of all organisational activities. The saga of Bokaro Steel is the story of Bokaroans erecting a gigantic plant in the wilderness of Chhotanagpur, reaching milestones one after another, staving off stiff challenges in the liberalised era, modernising its facilities and innovating their way to the top of the heap.

Location : Jharkhand

Attractions : Bokaro Steel Plant, Garga Dam.

Best Season : September to February.

Languages : Hindi, Bengali, English.

BOKARO STEEL CITY TOURISM

The Places of Interest and Sight Seeing



• Bokaro Steel City :As the fourth integrated steel plant in the Public Sector, Bokaro Steel City was conceived in 1959. Bokaro Steel Plant actually started taking shape in 1965 with the collaboration of the then United Sovereign Of Soviet Republic. Major coalfields are located nearby. Bokaro City was built to provide housing and other community facilities for the plant's employees.



• Garga Dam And Parasnath Hills :Bokaro City is located in picturesque surroundings on the southern bank of river Damodar with Garga, one of its tributaries meandering along the southern and eastern outskirts of the city. On the north, the city is flanked by the high ranges of the Parasnath Hills and on the south just beyond the river Garga, it is enveloped by the Satanpur hillocks.



• Bokaro Ispat Pustakalaya: TLocated near Bokaro Niwas, it has a collection of over 40,000 books that meets the reading requirements of the people in the township.



• City Park :Bokaro has a well-maintained City Park with an artificial lake. Recently three artificial islands have also been created.



• Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park :A Biological Park named after Jawaharlal Nehru with a variety of animals and birds and a modern aquarium is another attraction located in sector 5.



• Gayatri Mandir :Located in Sector-9/A. People use to visit the place during the morning and evening time for the daily prayer. Navmi puja at Gayatri mandir is also famous. Khichri is distributed as the prasad on the occasion of Navmi puja.



• Babudih :A village in Chas Block famous for 75 feet high tower.



• Chandrapura : A town famous for Chandrapura Thermal Power Station.



• TenuGhat :Headquarter Of Bermo SubDivision Famous for Tenughat Dam And Tenughat Thermal Power Station.



• How to get there :Air: There is no direct air connection but SAIL is having a private air belt at Bokaro.



• Rail: Bokaro is near Dhanbad, which is on the main Delhi-Howrah railway line.



• Road: Well connected with all the major cities by good motor able roads.

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