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| About Durgapur
DURGAPUR
is located in the district of Burdwan, in the state West Bengal, India,
168 km to the north of Calcutta. It is a well-planned industrial city
on the banks of the river Damodar, also known the Steel city.The G.T.Road
(National Highway #2) passes |
Durgapur
is an industrial township in the state of West Bengal, India. Durgapur
is the vision child of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy the first Chief Minister
of the state of West Bengal in Independent India. It was primarily designed
by Joseph Allen Stein Stein, designer and planner, along with Benjamin
Polk, an American architect living in Calcutta. Durgapur is well known
for engineering and chemical industries and well planned residential townships.
The main employment sectors in this city are the two steel plants belonging
to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). One is the Durgapur Steel
Plant (DSP) and the other is the Alloy Steels Plant (ASP) |