Durgapur Steel Plant

About Durgapur Steel Plant

Far From City: 7 kms from city center
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History of Durgapur Steel Plant The steel plant was set up in the year 1955 with the help of United Kingdom. During the period of British colonization in India, the wave of modernisation hit the country and setting a major steel plant became the need of the hour. As a result of this, the Durgapur Stee Plant was conceptualized and set up. The eco-friendly machines In the later period of modernisation, Durgapur steel plant adopted the environment-friendly methods to balance the steel production with ecology. The production units in the facility have the necessary pollution control facilities. The new less harmful products were installed in the plant to replace the hazardous machinery,such as coke oven batteries, CDI in Blast Furnaces, Ladle Furnaces, Bloom Caster, one bloom-cum-round caster and a new Medium Structural Mill. Further, a vast area of 1,266 acres owned by DSP has been aforestated with more than 14 lakh plants to keep the environment green and healthy. The Durgapur steel plant township A well-developed township has been set by Durgapur Steel Plant authorities close to the industry to accommodate the employees of the steel plant. The township has more than 25,000 housing units for the employees, spread across an area of 40 sq km. It has its power supply unit, primary and secondary school, hospital with all modern facilities and trained staff, recreational parks and clubs and a central stadium. The township has been equipped with all the modern amenities to provide a comfortable life to the human resource of Durgapur Steel Plant.

How to Reach Durgapur Steel Plant It is located 158 km from Kolkata on the outskirts of Durgapur. Finding public transport to the steel industry is hard. Hence you are required to travel by your vehicle or hire a taxi.

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