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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCH              OOL, BHUBANESWAR.
                                Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY

                                           CHAPTER - 5- INDUSTRIES

                                               (VIRTUAL CLASSES)


                                        NOTES FOR CHAPTER-5- INDUSTRIES

        SUBTOPIC-  TISCO AT JAMSHEDPUR AND PITTSBURG IN USA


              ‘Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited’ (TISCO) was the first major steel producing company

               set up in 1907 in Jamshedpur, India.
              Pittsburgh in the USA is an important steel city and also has many other factories that use

               steel as raw material.


        Jamshedpur

              Before  1947,  there  was  only  one  iron  and  steel  plant  in  the  country  –  Tata  Iron  and  Steel
               Company Limited (TISCO).

              TISCO  was  started  in  1907  at  Sakchi,  near  the  confluence  of  the  rivers  Subarnarekha  and
               Kharkai in Jharkhand.

              Sakchi was renamed as Jamshedpur.

              Sakchi was chosen to set up the steel plant for several reasons:
                               This  place  was  only  32  km  away  from  Kalimati  station  on  the  Bengal-Nagpur

                               railway line.

                               It was close to the iron ore, coal and manganese deposits as well as to Kolkata,
                               which provided a large market.

                               TISCO, gets coal from Jharia coalfields, and iron ore, limestone, dolomite and
                               manganese from Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

                               The  Kharkai  and  Subarnarekha  rivers  ensured  sufficient  water  supply.
                               Government initiatives provided adequate capital for its later development.



              The iron and steel industry led to rapid industrial development in India.
              All sectors of the Indian industry depend heavily on the iron and steel industry for their basic

               infrastructure.
               The Indian iron and steel industry consists of:



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