Preliminary survey for the steel plant at Rourkela was started in 1952 and the Government of Odisha issued a gazette notification on 16 February 1954.
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15 Facts About Rourkela
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The area near Rourkela is rich in iron-ore hence a steel plant is situated in Rourkela.
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Rourkela city is divided into two separate townships under the Census of India as Steel Township and Civil Township.
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Rourkela has a tropical climate and receives high rainfall during Southwest monsoon and retreating Northeast monsoon.
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Rourkela has never faced any sort of natural calamity whatsoever, except for some heavy rainfall.
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The new Bus Terminus at Uditnagar, Rourkela constructed by Rourkela Development Authority caters to various demands of Bus services to different parts of the states.
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Rourkela has three major recreation parks in Steel Township area.
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Rourkela is the educational, technical and medical research hub of Western Odisha and even students from all parts of Odisha and some parts of neighboring states Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal come here to pursue higher education.
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The students of various schools in Rourkela represent their schools in various national and international level competitions including IMO, IChO, and NASA.
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Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering, Rourkela called the UGIE is a State Governmental Diploma Engineering Institution in the western Zone of Odisha, which was established in 1962 under the Directorate of Technical Education and Training, Odisha.
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Rourkela has a Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital Rourkela and is the only city in Odisha to have a private medical college outside Bhubaneshwar.
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Rourkela has special hockey hostels for kids, upbringing the next generation players with some of the best amenities.
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Rourkela has an International hockey stadium with synthetic astroturf which has been host to World Junior Hockey Championship and been a training centre to most of the international Hockey players of India.
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AIR Rourkela has one transmission from 06:00 AM to 11:10 PM daily.
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Private Digital media channels include Rourkela Shines, Satya News Alert operates from Rourkela to provide local news.
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