ROURKELA

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INTRODUCTION
Rourkela is one of the beautiful and second
largest city and also the second city to be
declared as the smart city of Odisha which was
brought into light only in 1954 after the onset
of steel plant. Rourkela tops the list of holding
the name of housing the modern & the largest
steel plant of India. It also works on an Indo-
German based collaboration and is owned by
the STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA
LIMITED(SAIL).

This place is very famous for education for it

imparts the best in the field of technology with
institutes like National Institute of
Technology(NIT) . Another important feature
of this city is about it’s greenery environment.
On 3rd March Rourkela celebrates Rourkela
day .
Each& every people of Rourkela is known as
“Rourkelite”.
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 The roads of are maintained
and clean.
 The environment of Rourkela
is full of greenery & it is the
only city to win 7 times the
award for green city in
Odisha.
 Rourkela has a tropical
climate and receives high
rainfall.
 Thirty six percent of the
geographical area of the
district has semi-evergreen or
tropical dry deciduous forest.
CITY LAYOUT
The Rourkela Township is divided into two separate
townships under the Census of India as Steel
Township and Civil Township. The Residential
quarter's colony of Rourkela Steel Plant having 21
sectors on record (while in reality the Sector – 10, 11
and 12 do not exist, though the area for the same is
earmarked) is called Steel Township and the other
part is called Civil Township. One smaller township
Fertiliser was renamed sector-22, as this township is
within the purview of SAIL.
The Ring Road, connects 19 sectors and some other
parts of the steel city including old Rourkela. Other
layouts include Chhend Colony, Basanti Nagar, Civil
Township, Station Road (Bus and Railway), Koel
Nagar, Jagda, Jhirpani, Panposh, Udit Nagar,
Fertiliser Township, Hamirpur, IGH Road, Vedvyas.
TOURISM
Rourkela has three major recreation parks in Steel
Township area. These are Indira Gandhi Park,
Jubilee Park, and Ispat Nehru Park Udyaan along
with the recently inagurated Community Park
Major Tourist Destinations in Rourkela are as
follows .
Hanuman Vatika, Civil Township Mandira Dam, Kanshbahal Dam
Sarafgarh, Dam, Vaishnodevi Temple, Rourkela (Replica of
Vaishnodevi Temple ), Shri Chandrashekhar Mahadev Mandir o
Vyas Gumpha(Cave), Vedvyas Shri Ghogareshwara Baba Mandir,
Ghoghar Blue Stone Picnic, Area Darjing Picnic Spot, Indira
Gandhi Park, Ispat Nehru Park, Ispat Jubilee Park Khandadhar
Waterfall Lagoon Park Maria Pahad Nehru Traffic Park,
Pitamahal Dam Badalgiri Waterfall Ramakrishna Mission,
Hamirpur, Sector-19 Rani Sati Mandir, BiramitrapurShri
Jagannath, o Baidyanath Mahaprabhu Mandir Parisar,
Ahirabandh, Sector-3 Shri Baidyanath Mahadev Mandir, Jhirpani
Re-Settlement Colony Shri Dhabaleswar Mandir, Deogaon Koel
Sangam Ghat, River Koel - River Dev, Jhirpani Re-Settlement
Colony Shri Niladri Bihari Jagannath Temple, Jhirpani Re-
Settlement Colony Palace of Keshari Rajvansh, Jhirpani Re-
Settlement Colony, Jabaghat Sri Sai Mandir, Vedvyas Tarkera Dam
at Civil Township.
FESTIVALS
Major Odia Festivals are celebrated such as
Utkal Divas, Ram Navami, Pana
Sankranti(Odia new year), Devasnan Purnima,
Raja, Rath Yatra, Raji Karma Puja, Nuakhai,
Sarna Puja, Durga Puja, Kartik Purnima, etc.
along with other festivals such as Ganesh Puja,
Laxmi Puja, Kali Puja, Vishwakarma Puja,
Deepawali, Dola Yatra, Holi are celebrated.

The City Fest named as 1st Brahmani River

Festival in its first edition was from 1 to 3
February 2019. It showcased the rich tribal
heritage that is present in and around Rourkela
and Sundargarh District.
PLACES
Hanuman vatika
Rourkela Steel plant (RSP)
Ispat General Hospital (IGH)
Space Chowk
VIP ROAD
Aerodrome
Indira Gandhi Park
Jubilee Park
Ispat Nehru Park
Crossroad
National Institute of
Technology(NIT)
Food Court sec-5 &
Ispat Market
EATOUTS
Madhuban Hotel, sector-4
Nottee 9, sector-4
The Standard, sector-4
Mayfair, panposh
Neelam, ispat market
Max Cream & Crisp, rourkela
Food Court Sec-5 & Ispat Market
INSTITUTIONS
CLUBS-
INDO-GERMAN CLUB
ROURKELA CLUB
BRAHMANI CLUB
STADIUMS-
ISPAT BASKETBALL COURT
ISPAT STADIUM
BIJU PATTNAIK HOCKEY STADIUM
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS-
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NIT)
BIJU PATTNAIK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY(BPUT)
IGH MEDICAL COLLEGE
HI-TECH MEDICAL COLLEGE
THANK
YOU

Presented By-
Subham Nayak- USCBB20178