Match List – I with List – II.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works Ltd. (VISL) at Bhadravati in Karnataka: The third integrated steel plant, the Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works, initially called the Mysore Iron and Steel Works, is located close to an iron ore producing area of Kemangundi in the Bababudan hills. Limestone and manganese are also locally available. But this region has no coal. At the beginning, charcoal obtained by burning wood from nearby forests was used as fuel till 1951. Afterwards, electric furnaces were installed which use hydroelectricity from the Jog Falls hydel power project. The Bhadravati river supplies water to the plant. This plant produces specialised steels and alloys.

The Bhilai Steel Plant was established with Russian collaboration in Durg district of Chhattisgarh and started production in 1959. Iron ore comes from Dalli-Rajhara mine (Fig. 8.6) and coal from Korba and Kargali coal fields. Water comes from the Tanduladam and the power from the Korba Themal Power Station. This plant also lies on the KolkataMumbai railway route. The bulk of the steel produced goes to the Hindustan Shipyard at Vishakhapatnam.

Bokaro Steel :Plant This steel plant was set up in 1964 at Bokaro with Russian collaboration in Jharkhand. This plant was set up on the principle of transportation cost minimisation by creating Bokaro-Rourkela combine. It receives iron ore from the Rourkela region and the wagons on return take coal to Rourkela. Other raw materials come to Bokaro from within a radius of about 350 km. Water and hydel power is supplied by the Damodar Valley Corporation.

Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was set up in collaboration with the government of the United Kingdom and started production in 1962. This plant lies in Raniganj and Jharia coal belt and gets iron ore from Noamundi (Fig. 8.7). Durgapur lies on the main Kolkata-Delhi railway route. Hydel power and water is obtained from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).