24-601: Brajrajnagar is a town and a municipality in Jharsuguda district in the state of Odisha , India . Popular legend says the town was named after Braj Mohan Birla after he set up Orient Paper Mills in 1936. It is a small sleepy town on rocky terrain, built on the banks of IB river, with temples mostly built by the Birlas. Later it became famous for MCL -owned coal mines after Orient Paper Mills of Birlas managed by dulichand Hanuman Prasad shah closed down in 1999. Most of
48-573: A special-purpose district . The English word is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting
72-576: A consolidated installed capacity of 304,760 tonnes per annum Brajarajnagar falls on National Highway 49 (NH 49) which connects Bilaspur , of Chhattisgarh to Kharagpur in West Bengal . Many Private buses runs daily service to major cities of Odisha such as Bhubaneswar , Cuttack , Berhampur , Rourkela and Sambalpur . Brajrajnagar Railways Station (BRJN) is a station on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line . It
96-571: A government owned company, is planning to set up an Aluminium smelter plant and one of the largest power plant near the town. TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited (formerly Tata Refractories Limited, )[1] is an Indian refractory company. It was established in 1958 in Belpahar, a city in Jharsuguda district of Odisha. It mainly produces basic, dolomite, high alumina, monolithics, silica, flow control products and tap hole clay refractories having
120-418: A population of 80,403. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Brajarajnagar has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 77% and female literacy of 60%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Brajrajnagar had one large paper mill named Orient Paper Mills of Birlas (managed by dulichand Hanuman Prasad shah )which happens to be
144-556: Is 1.5 km away from Brajrajnagar. The closest airports are the Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda (15 km),Bilasa Devi Kenvat Airport, Bilaspur (219 km), Swami Vivekananda Airport , Raipur (319 km), Birsa Munda Airport , Ranchi (351 km) and Biju Patnaik International Airport , Bhubaneswar (360 km). In 2009, the Airports Authority of India decided to set-up
168-691: Is Mrs. Alaka Mohanty(wife of Mr. Kishore Kumar Mohanty) of BJD , who won the seat in State by-elections of 2022(which was held after sudden demise of her husband) defeating Mrs.Radha Rani Panda of Bhartiya Janta Party . Mr Anup Kumar Sai is three times MLA in Brajraj Nagar assembly constituency from 2001to2014 Mr. Keshba Chandra Sahu had won this seat in 1999 for 17 months and before him, Mr. Prasanna Kumar Panda of CPI had won this seat in 1995, 1990 and in 1985. Mr. Upendra Dikshit had won this seat as INC(I) candidate in 1980 and as INC candidate in 1977. It
192-842: Is an Indian public sector company having integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal and power. Presently, the Government of India holds a 51.28% equity stake in NALCO, while the Ministry of Mines has administrative control over the company. It is one of the largest integrated bauxite–alumina–aluminium–power complex in the country, encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and casting , power generation, rail and port operations. The company pursues its R&D activities fervently and has already filed 36 patents out of which 17 patents have been granted and 5 have been commercialized until Dec 2018. The company
216-572: Is harnessing renewable energy aligning to the ambitious programmes of the Indian government. The company has already commissioned 198 MW wind power plants and further 50 MW wind power plants are in pipeline, making it the highest producer of renewable energy among PSUs. NALCO is headquartered at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. NALCO operates from two major Units Main products of NALCO are as follows: Aluminium Metal Alumina & Hydrate Rolled Product Power As of June 2019, there were 6496 employees on
240-441: Is managed by Bilaspur division of South East Central Railway . It serves as important loading point for various coal-mines located in this area of Odisha . Brajrajnagar railway station is well connected with trains from Howrah , Mumbai , New Delhi , Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad . Jharsuguda which is 11 km away is connected from the rest of the country including Chennai and Bangalore. It has another railway station, IB which
264-402: Is the lowest-cost producer of metallurgical grade alumina in the world and lowest-cost producer of bauxite in the world as per a Wood McKenzie report. With sustained quality products, the company's export earnings accounted for about 42% of the sales turnover in the year 2018–19 and the company is rated as third-highest net export earning CPSE as per a Public Enterprise Survey report. The company
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#1732797982663288-670: The state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to
312-478: The Brajrajnagar are: Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to
336-598: The Spanish term ayuntamiento , referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself. In Moldova and Romania , both municipalities ( municipiu ; urban administrative units) and communes ( comună ; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality. In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names. National Aluminium Company National Aluminium Company Limited (abbreviated as NALCO ; incorporated in 1981)
360-467: The communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to
384-534: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,
408-655: The company's roll. NALCO has set up a research center “NALCO Research & Technology Center (NRTC)” at Gothapatana, Bhubaneswar. This Research Center is equipped with QEMSCAN (SEM-EDX), XRD, XRF, ICP-MS, Sedigraph, Laser Particle size analyser, UTM, DSC, TGA, ICP-OES, BET Analyzer, Potentiometer, OES, CHNS Analyzer, Metallurgical Microscope, Whiteness Index meter etc. The testing activities at NRTC has been started from 2019 on regular basis. R&D wing of NALCO Research and Technology Center has been recognized by DSIR, Government of India on 29.05.2020. Testing of outside samples on chargeable basis has been started and detail information
432-1380: The freedom struggle of India. Brajarajnagar is located at 21°49′N 83°55′E / 21.82°N 83.92°E / 21.82; 83.92 . It has an average elevation of 216 metres (708 feet). Ib River , which is a tributary of Mahanadi river , flows to the east of the town. Brajrajnagar vidhan sabha consists of vast area of Brajrajnagar, Belpahar, Bandhbahal, Gopalpur, Kanaktura border of Chhattisgarh. Moreover, Brajrajnagar forest range also has very large area which includes area in Remenda, Banharpali, Kudopali, Tilya, Sonari, Rajpur, Rampur, Loising, Barakhandia, Pathrapali, etc. Brajrajnagar also has very large area which includes many villages like Remja, Telenpali, Khaliakani, Gandaghora, Khaliamal, Nuadihi, Gandhichowk, Badheikata, Barghat Quarter, Junenmunda, 9number, Lamtibahal, Mandalia, Hilltop colony, BhootBanglouw, GMcomplex, Minesrescue station, Sanjob, Badjob, Kusamunda, ESIchowk, Sargimal, Baghrachaka, Ainlapali, Amdarha, Baghiaberna, Balangibahal, Baliput, Barpali, Beleidhuda, Bhoimunda, Bundia, Chandnimal, Charbhati, Chelkuthi, Chichinda, Deogaon, Ghusuramunda, Gourmal, Kandakuda, Katapali, Kechhobahal, Koilaga, Kudopali, Loising, Madhupur, Naikdihi, Niktimal, Nuamunda, Rajpur, Rankata, Tharkaspur, Tileimal. As of 2011 India census, Brajarajnagar had
456-406: The oldest industry in the state of Odisha, having set up in the year 1936 and production being started in 1939. Though since 1999, the O.P.M of Brajrajnagar has been shut down. Since then, thousand of workers have either shifted to the O.P.M. at Amlai , Madhya Pradesh or are working at MCL Brajrajnagar. The IB Valley Coal Area is also in Brajrajnagar and nearby areas. Prior to nationalization in
480-497: The population in this city were working for Orient Paper Mills , which belonged to Birla Group of industries. Brajrajnagar has in its vicinity numerous open-cast and underground coal mines of IB Valley Coalfield and Orient Colliery Area belonging to government-owned Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). The Brajrajnagar Police Station was established in 1936, in the same year, when the Orient Paper Mills of Birlas
504-689: The second domestic airport in the state of Odisha at Jharsuguda . After completion in 2012, Jharsuguda Airport became the nearest airport to reach Brajrajnagar (20 km). Air Odisha launched non-scheduled commercial flights between Rourkela , Jharsuguda and Bhubaneswar on 2 November 2012. Brajrajnagar has Reliance Jio, BSNL , Airtel, Idea 4G services for fast Internet services as well as BSNL Broadband Internet services. There are various 3G, 2G service providers in brajrajnagar like Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, Reliance, Vodafone, Docomo, Idea and much more. BSNL landline also provides telephone services. The current MLA from Brajarajnagar Assembly Constituency
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#1732797982663528-521: The year 1973, three underground mines were operational in Brajrajnagar. Post nationalization, the IB valley Opencast Mines were opened from 1984 onwards. At present IB Valley Area consists of three Opencast Mines namely Lajkura Opencast mine, Samleswari Opencast mine and Lilari Opencast mine. And all the underground mines are operational in Orient Colliery Area. National Aluminium Company Ltd,
552-539: Was a part of Deogarh (Lok Sabha constituency) , though now it is a part of Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency) , after a new Lok Sabha constituency was created after 2008 delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2002. Mr.Suresh Pujari of BJP is currently the M.P. from Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency) . There are also other secondary schools. Major festivals celebrated in
576-607: Was established here. The mill started functioning in 1939, leading to the growth of township around it, inhabited by the employees. which was managed by dulichand Hanuman Prasad shah. Eventually, Brajrajnagar became a Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) (NAC) in 1968, and in 1989 it was made a Nagar Palika (Municipality) , spread over an area of 42.73 km. and includes seven revenue villages , Lamtibahal, Telenpali, Remja, Lajkura, Gandghora, Katabaga and Sanjob. Local leaders like Mrutyunjaya Dash, Deepak Kak and Rajkumari from Telenpali and comrades had put valiant efforts during
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