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Bhilai
Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. With population exceeding 1 million, it is the second-largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. Bhilai is a major industrial city as well as an education hub of central India. The Bhilai metropolis contains three municipal corporations: Bhilai Municipal Corporation, Bhilai-Charoda Municipal Corporation and Risali Municipal Corporation. The city is home to several industries like Bhilai Steel Plant, Jaypee Group, Jaypee Cement, CK Birla Group, Orient Cement, NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant, Steel Authority of India, FSNL and ACC (company), ACC Cement. The city is home to IIT Bhilai, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. Jama Mosque, Bhilai, Jama Masjid in Bhilai is one of the largest mosques in India. The state's oldest zoo is Maitri Bagh in Bhilai. Etymology It is believed that the name "Bhilai" is derived from the Bhil people, Bhil tribe w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IIT Bhilai
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IIT Bhilai) is a Public university, public technical and research university located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the six young Indian Institutes of Technology, IITs established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, located in Chhattisgarh state. Classified as an Institutes of National Importance, Institute of National Importance, IITBH formally came into existence in July 2016 with the influx of the first batch of students on 25 July 2016. Until the infrastructure and permanent campus is ready, the institute will function temporarily at the campus of the Government Engineering College Raipur. This temporary campus of IIT Bhilai is located in Sejbahar area on Old Dhamtari district, Dhamtari Road in Raipur. Four storied Block-B of the GEC building has been fully renovated and furnished for IIT Bhilai. The temporary campus is about from the main ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhilai Steel Plant
The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products. The plant also produces steel and markets various chemical by-products from its coke ovens and coal chemical plant. It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1959. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) is eleven-time winner of the Prime Minister's Trophy for best integrated steel plant in the country. The plant is the sole supplier of the country's longest railway tracks, which measure . The 130 - meter rail, which would be the world's longest rail line in a single piece, was rolled at URM, Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL) on 29 November 2016. The plant also produces products such as wire rods and merchant products. Bhilai Steel Plant has been the flagship integrated steel plant unit of the Public Sector steel company, the Steel Authority of India Limited and is its largest and most profita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Authority Of India
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is a central public sector undertaking based in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 1,03,480 Crore (US$13 billion) for fiscal year 2021–22. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 60,766 employees (as of 1 October 2022). With an annual production of 16.30 million metric tons, It is the largest government owned steel producer. The hot metal production capacity of the psu will further increase and is expected to reach a level of 50 million tonnes per annum by 2025. SAIL operates and owns five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro and Burnpur (Asansol) and three special steel plants at Salem, Durgapur and Bhadravathi. It also owns a Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur. As a part of its global ambition, the psu is undergoing a massive expansion and modernisation programme involving upgrading and building new facilities with emphasis o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jama Mosque, Bhilai
Jama Masjid, Bhilai is one of the largest mosques in Chhattisgarh, India, with a capacity to accommodate more than 3000 worshippers at a time. It is the first mosque in the world to be built in the shape of the word ''"Ya Allah"'' in Arabic script. It took three years for the construction of the mosque which was completed in 1967. History Before the construction of the mosque the Muslims of Bhilai used to pray in their respective localities and gathered only on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to offer common prayer near Nehru house of Culture in sector-1, Bhilai. The Muslim executives of Bhilai steel plant formed a committee and applied for its registration. It was registered as Bhilai Nagar Masjid Trust under Madhya Pradesh public Trust act 1951. The Bhilai steel plant allotted a plot measuring 12000 square feet in sector-6 to this committee for the Mosque. The construction began in 1964 and was completed in 1967. The first Friday prayer was held in the new mosque on 31 March 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhilai Institute Of Technology
Bhilai Institute of Technology (BIT) is the first self-financed engineering college in Central India. Established in 1986, it was affiliated to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University. History Commissioning of the Bhilai Steel Plant at Bhilai in 1959 necessitated having suitably trained and skilled personnel to perform specific technical tasks at the plant. Seeing this need, various organizations, industrialists, charitable institutions and philanthropic societies of the region took an initiative to establish an engineering institution, and to this end, a trust was formed and registered. The Government of Madhya Pradesh accorded the permission to open a self-supporting and self-financing engineering institute, and thus, in July 1986, the Bhilai Institute of Technology came into existence. Seth Balkrishan was a philanthropist and a key founding member of BIT. His contribution in the fields of education, sports, soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU) is a Public State University located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. On 30 April 2005, the foundation stone of the university was laid by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. History Establishment In early 2005 the State Government of Chhattisgarh decided to establish the university with the aim of providing "systematic, efficient and quality education" in the fields of engineering and technology. The relevant act was passed in the Chhattisgarh state assembly on 21 January 2005. Manmohan Singh, then Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of the university in a ceremony held on 30 April 2005. Land and financial aid by Bhilai Steel Plant According to a 2008 news report, the Bhilai Steel Plant, one of the largest steel plants of the country, agreed to donate over 250 acres of land to the Chhattisgarh government for the establishment of the university, along with for related infrastructure developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charoda
Bhilai Charoda is a municipal corporation and a part of Bhilai city in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Charoda is an industrial area of Bhilai city. Asia's longest railway marshaling yard is present in Charoda, Bhilai. Demographics As of 2001 pdate/sup> India census Charoda had a population of 98,008. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Charoda has an average literacy rate of 77.63%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with male literacy of 87.19% and female literacy of 67.96%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The Sex Ratio of Bhilai Charoda is 995. Thus per every 1000 men, there were 995 females in Bhilai Charoda. Also, as per Census, the Child Sex Ration was 1,034 which is greater than the Average Sex Ratio ( 989 ) of Chhattisgarh. Bhilai (charoda) is situated equidistant, 20 kilometers, from Durg and Raipur (the state capital). Charoda comprises three sub-towns. Bhilai Marshalling Yard (BMY), Charoda Basti, and Deobaloda. BMY is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the east, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital. Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest-developing states in India. Its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is , with a per capita GSDP of . A resource-rich state, it has the third largest coal reserves in the country and provides electricity, coal, and steel to the rest of the nation. It also has the third largest forest cover in the country after Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh with over 40% of the state covered by forests. Etymology There are several theories as to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai
Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bhilai of the South East Central Railway zone in Chhattisgarh, India. History New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the 1980s with WAM-4 class. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service. Operations Being one of the two electric loco sheds in South East Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 299 engine units, including 55 WAP-7, 118 WAG-7 and 126 WAG-9 The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by ABB Group (ABB) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9) .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitri Bagh
Maitri Bagh Zoo (also known as Garden of Friendship) is tourist place located in the Bhilai, India which was established as a symbol of friendship between Soviet Union and India. It is the largest and oldest zoo of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. History Maitri Bagh is a "Friendship Garden" established as symbol of India-Soviet Union friendship. It was developed and maintained by Bhilai Steel Plant. It was established in the year 1972. Photo Gallery File:The Tiger pic 2.jpg, Bengal tiger in Maitri Bagh lake File:Deer pic 2.jpg, Sambar deer stag in the park File:Maitri bagh3.JPG, Maitri Bagh entrance statues File:Maitri bagh2.JPG, Ashoka Chakra in Maitri Bagh File:Maitri bagh1.JPG, Alexei Kosygin, the First Deputy Premier of Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durg
Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. It is the headquarters of Durg District. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Durg had a population of 268,679. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Durg has an average literacy rate of 87.36%, male literacy is 92.94% and, female literacy is 81.62%. In Durg, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the 2011 census, Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,064,077. Durg-Bhilainagar Urban Agglomeration includes: Durg (M Corp.), Bhilai Nagar (M Corp.), Dumardih (part) (OG), Bhilai Charoda (M Corp), Jamul (M), Kumhari (M) and Utai (NP). Durg Municipal Corporation had a total population of 268,679 in 2011, out of which 136,537 were males and 132,142 were females. Durg had a below six years po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durg District
Durg district is a district situated in Chhattisgarh, India. The district headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of 2,238 km². As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of 18), after Raipur. The district is home to two important religious sites. The principal Hindu temple, the Ganga Maiyaat Jhalmala, Jain shrine of Uwasaggaharam Parshwa Teerth at Nagpura (near Durg), attract pilgrims from all over India. The Langurveer Mandir is one and only Hindu Temple Devoted to God Langoorveer in India situated in Durg. The town of Bhilai is home to the Bhilai Steel Plant. The present collector of Durg is Pushpendra Kumar Meena. Geography Durg is surrounded by the following districts: 1. Bemetara to the north 2. Balod to the south. 3. Raipur to the east. 4. Dhamtari to the south east 5. Rajnandgaon to the west. Municipal corporation *Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation *Bhilai Municipal Corporation *Durg Municipal Corporation *Ris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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