Bokaro Steel City (Hindi: बोकारो स्टील सिटी) About this sound pronunciation (help·info) is a major Industrial city in the State of Jharkhand, in India. It is the home of the largest steel plant in India, and several other medium and small industries. Bokaro is the headquarters of the Bokaro district as well as Koylanchal range (Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih). It is also one of the three headquarters of Police IG zone, apart from Ranchi and Dumka, covering seven districts- Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Giridih, Koderma, Chatra, Bokaro, and Ramgarh.
Bokaro Steel City (In Hindi: बोकारो स्टील सिटि) is the home of the largest steel plants in India- Bokaro Steel Plant and Electrosteel, and several other medium and small industries is situated here. Some big corporates are also setting up there industries here, such as – ArcelorMittal 12ml/t steel plant, Posco 3ml/t steel plant and SAIL greenfield steel plant of 12 ml/t are coming soon around the city. In the next five Bokaro alone contribute half of the steel production of the country. Apart from steel plants a Cement factory of 2.1 ml/t and a power plant of 1000 MW is also coming up.
Bokaro is the district headquarters of the Bokaro district as well as Bokaro divisional range (Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih) and Office of Inspector General of North Chhotanagpur Commissioner(Bokaro, Hazaribag, Dhanbad, Giridih, Chatra, Koderma, Ramgarh).
Bokaro is located in the eastern part of India at [show location on an interactive map] 23.29° N 86.09° E[2] It 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. Two artificial cooling ponds have been built for use in steel making. A dam on river Garga has been built to supply water to the township as well as the steel plant, but due to ever increasing demand Tenughat dam is supplementing it.
The primary economy is well supported by the services sector. The city market situated at the center of the city is full of shops selling the basic requirements of groceries and furniture, to the latest tech gizmos. Of late a lot of shops selling computer hardware have come up along with a lot of computer training institutes making Bokaro a hub of computer studies for the region. The old chas bazaar still remains a cheap option of wholesale market, and dundi baag is one of the biggest vegetable market for the region. Besides these, each sector has its own small shopping center catering to the day to day needs of the people.
Post time: Aug-14-2017