TOURISM

The Places of Interest and Sight Seeing



• Topchanchi Lake : It is situated on national highway # 2. It is an artificial lake surrounded by green hills and forests and a wonderful place for picnics and spending quiet holidays.



• Maithon Dam :Literally meaning Mother's Abode, it is the biggest reservoir of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). This dam, designed for flood control, has been built on the Barakar river. It has a unique underground power station which is first of its kind in SE Asia. Just a little away from the dam lies an ancient temple at Kalyaneshwari. The lake at Maithon is spread over an area of 65 sq. km. There is a rest house on an island in the lake. Boating and fishing facilities are available. Close by, a Deer Park and a bird sanctuary are also situated.



• Panchet Dam :Constructed on Damodar river, it is 22,155 ft long and 124 ft high. A hydel power station has also been constructed against the back ground of Panchet Hill in the eastern side of dam.



• Jharia :A suburb of Dhanbad, it is a rich colliery center. There is a massive underground fire in the coal mines below the town for the last several decades.



• Sindri :There are fertilizer and other factories and a Govt Engineering College Bihar Institute of Technology.



• Bokaro :Next door from Dhanbad is Bokaro, India's biggest steel complex. It is located on the southern bank of river Damodar along the Dhanbad - Ranchi highway and also on Delhi - Howrah railway line. Besides the steel plant of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), other places of interest are Garga Dam, City Park, Stadium, Cooling Pond, and a polytechnic. Hotels and guest houses are available here



• Topchanchi Lake (37 km) :It is situated on national highway # 2. It is an artificial lake surrounded by green hills and forests and a wonderful place for picnics and spending quiet holidays.



• Air: Dhanbad is connected by Vayudoot Service with Patna and Ranchi which in turn connected by Indian Airlines services with Kolkata (Calcutta) and Delhi.



• Rail:Dhanbad has an important railway station on Eastern Railway and is very well connected with Patna,Kolkata (Calcutta) and other important Cities in India.



• Road / Local Transport :Dhanbad is very well connected by roads with important towns in Bihar.

ACCOMODATION/STAY OPTIONS IN DHANBAD

• HOTEL BLACK ROCK
• HOTEL SKYLARK


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