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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