Description:
Nicknamed as the Temple of Modern India, by the first Prime Minister of free India, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Bhilai steel plant is one of the first and also the largest steel plants of India. It was conceived just after independence as the first step towards the industrialization of India. The dream that the great nation builders nurtured came into being in 1959 and the plant was dedicated to the Nation. The self-reliance dream was fulfilled with the help of the agreement and collaboration with the Soviet Russia.
Today it is one of the largest steel producing plants of India. It has slowly but steadily grown and also has modernized itself. The Bhilai Steel Plant has expanded its production capacity in two phases. First to 2.5 MT phase which was completed on September 1, 1967 and then on to the 4 MT phase which was completed in the year 1988.
To maintain the eco-friendliness Bhilai Steel Plant have installed Electrostatic Precipitators and other Gas cleaning equipment to reduce the harmful effect of fumes in the atmosphere. Apart from the technological endeavours, Bhilai collective have also gone in for massive a forestation in and around the township.
