Industrial Development in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh literally 'Thirty-Six

Forts' is a state in Central India

with a total population of 25.5

million.

Progressive Chhattisgarh describes about the

development of Chhattisgarh in several fields

such as in industrial and in agricultural field.

Chhattisgarh is the 5th largest mineral producer in

India. It is a foremost producer of minerals like

coal, dolomite and iron ore, accounting for about

21%, 16 % and 11 % of India’s production.

Progressive Chhattisgarh State is ranked as the

seventeenth tea production state in India. The districts

Surguja and are favourable tea production regions.

Agriculture is counted as the chief economic occupation

of the state. The majority of the farmers are still

practicing the conventional methods of resulting in low

growth rates, cultivation, and productivity.

The state was formed on 1 November 2000 by

partitioning 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking south eastern

districts of Madhya Pradesh. Raipur was made its

capital city.

Chhattisgarh borders the states of Madhya Pradesh in the

northwest, Maharashtra in the southwest Telangana and

Andhra Pradesh in the south, Odisha in the east,

Jharkhand in the northeast and Uttar Pradesh in the north.

Currently the state comprises of 27 districts.

Progressive Chhattisgarh is one of the fast

developing states in its industrial sector

like Power Sector, Steel Sector and

Aluminium Sector.

This is one of the few states where

sufficient power is there and it

supplies to other neighbouring states

also due to its surplus power.

The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) is in a

very strong position to fulfil the electricity requirement

of the state and is in a good monetary health.

The Progressive Chhattisgarh has the entire railway

network spread over the state which comes under the

geographical jurisdiction of the South East Central

Railway Zone of Indian Railways centred around

Bilaspur, which is the zonal headquarters of this zone.

In 1878, the construction of Nagpur-Chhattisgarh

railway line began and was completed in 1882.

Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur Junction are the main

railway junctions in the state. These junctions are

the starting point of long distance trains and these

connect to the major cities of India via routes.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been

engaged to conduct a pre-feasibility study of the

Metro Rail project in the State. A New Metro line is

proposed between Durg-Bhilai-Raipur-Naya Raipur.

First phase work will start with Bhilai-Raipur

connectivity.

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