48-846: The Lower Sharda Barrage , is a dam nearly 28 km from Lakhimpur city in Uttar Pradesh , India . The Lower Sharda Barrage is constructed on the Sharda River , about 163.5 km downstream of the Upper Sharda Barrage . This project is part of the Sharda Sahayak Pariyojana and primarily depends on water diverted from the Karnali (Ghaghra) at Girjapur through the Sharda Sahayak link canal of 28.4 km length for over eight months in
96-531: A Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur . It also has an R&D Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) and a Centre for Engineering in Ranchi , Jharkhand . Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has a total of 692 patents globally, out of which 343 have been granted. More than 64% of the 692 patents are active. SAIL has filed the maximum number of patents in India, followed by Egypt and Germany. SAIL traces its origin to
144-500: A 2.1 MT cement plant at Bokaro utilising slag from BSL. The project implementation is under progress with commencement of cement production likely by July 2011. Bokaro Jaypee cement plant opening ceremony was held by the chief minister of Jharkhand shri. Arjun Munda in 2012. SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with Manganese Ore (India) Ltd on 50:50 basis to produce ferro-manganese and silico-manganese required for production of steel. International Coal Ventures Private Limited
192-631: A holding company to oversee both inputs and outputs. Thus, The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was established on 24 January 1973, with an authorized capital of ₹2,000 crore (US$ 250 million). SAIL's mandate included managing five integrated steel plants and two specialty plants. In 1978, SAIL underwent restructuring to function as an operating company. SAIL Integrated Steel Plants Special Steel Plants Ferro Alloy Plant Refractory Plants - SAIL Refractory Unit (SRU) A 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC Ltd.). It manages
240-407: A majority of small schools with limited enrollments. However the bigger ones include Lucknow Public School St. Don Bosco Inter College Lakhimpur Kheri and Pt. Deen Dayal upadhyay vidya mandir Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) has two core areas, Dudhwa National Park and Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary , which were merged in 1987. Dudhwa National Park is known as the first National Park of the state after
288-523: A national park and after 11 years, in 1988, largely due to the efforts of Billy Arjan Singh it was established as a tiger reserve. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve lies on the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalaya. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve was created in the year 1987–88 comprising Dudhwa National Park and Kishanpur Sanctuary (203.41 km ). With an addition of 66 km to the buffer zone in 1997,
336-520: Is a special purpose vehicle set up to achieve the target of making steel PSUs self-reliant in the area of coking coal, a joint venture company has been incorporated composed of five central PSU companies i.e. SAIL, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Coal India Limited and other target countries. A consortium comprising state-owned NMDC and RINL and private sector steel players—JSW, JSW Ispat, Jindal Steel and Power, and Monnet Ispat and Energy and led by SAIL, plan to invest US$ 75 million in first phase for
384-581: Is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva . The Gola Gokaran Nath is also called Choti Kashi . It is the belief of the people that Lord Shiva was pleased with the penance (Tapasya) of Rawana (King of Lanka) and offered him a boon. Rawana requested the Lord Shiva to go to Lanka with him and leave Himalaya forever. The Lord Shiva agreed to go on condition that he should not be placed anywhere on the way to Lanka. If he were placed anywhere, he would settle at that place. Rawana agreed and started his journey to Lanka with
432-406: Is an increase of 1% over the previous year. It also generated 710 MW of electricity during FY2014-15. SAIL records turnover of over Rs 1 lakh crore. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) produced 18.733 million tonnes of hot metal and 17.366 million tonnes of crude steel during 2021–22, its best ever production performance. The increase in turnover coupled with improved operational performance, helped
480-491: Is based on Tantra Vidya. It is said that Janmejayi son of king Prikshit organised famous Nag Yagya at this place. It is believed that snakes do not enter houses where the holy soil of this temple is present. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is also believed that the Devakali, daughter of Lord Brahama (Founder of the world) did a hard penance (Tapsya) at this place. After the name of Lord Brahama's daughter this place
528-633: Is engaged in power and steam generation and supplies power and steam (at various pressures) to SAIL's Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) located at Bokaro for meeting the process requirement of BSL. The plant has 9 boilers (5 boilers each of 220 TPH, 3 boilers each of 260 TPH capacity and 1 boiler of 300 TPH) and 7 turbine generators (one 12 MW back Pressure Turbine Generator (TG), 2 TGs each of 55MW capacity, 3 TGs each of 60 MW capacity and one 36 MW back Pressure Turbine Generator. Gg Mjunction services limited operating in Information Technology and
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#1732797507070576-584: Is hot throughout the year except the rainy seasons. In winter, nights are very cold. Fog is very common in this season. As of 2011 Indian Census , Lakhimpur city had a total population of 151,993, of which 80,523 were males and 71,470 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 17,167. The total number of literates in Lakhimpur was 112,043, which constituted 73.7% of the population with male literacy of 76.9% and female literacy of 70.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Lakhimpur
624-594: Is known as Devakali .it is said if we request to God with pure heart then God provide thatgift to them Lakhimpur city is 124 km (77 mi) from the state capital Lucknow . It can be easily reached by train ( Broad gauge ) or UPSRTC Bus services. The nearest airports are Amausi International Airport , Lucknow (135 km) and Palia (not operational – 90 km) Communication networks All prominent tele-communication network providers in India offer their services in Lakhimpur. The city of Lakhimpur falls under "Uttar Pradesh Central telecom Circle". Calls from
672-429: Is likely to cost between ₹ 1,000 crore (US$ 120 million) – ₹ 1,200 crore (US$ 140 million). A 50:50 JV with Government of Kerala where SAIL has management control to revive the existing facilities at Steel Complex Ltd, Calicut and also to set up, develop and manage a TMT rolling mill of 65,000 MT capacity along with balancing facilities and auxiliaries. ICVL is a joint venture of five companies owned by
720-400: Is met through its captive mines. To meet its growing requirement, capacities of existing iron ore mines are being expanded and new iron ore mines are being developed. In addition, new iron ore deposits in the states of Rajasthan , Chhattisgarh , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Odisha and Karnataka are being explored. Around 24% of its coking coal requirements are met from domestic sources,
768-480: Is still present on the Shivling. In the month of Chatra (April) a great fair is organised for one month known as Cheti-Mela . Sankata Devi Mandir is also located in Lakhimpur. The unique Frog Temple lies at Oel town, 12 km (7.5 mi) from Lakhimpur on the route from Lakhimpur to Sitapur. It is an important tourist centre for the city. It is also the only one of its kind in India based on Manduk Tantra . It
816-471: Is the highest number of A Class awards won by any PSU in India. SAIL is in the process of modernising and expanding its production units, raw material resources and other facilities to maintain its dominant position in the Indian steel market. The aim is to increase the production capacity from the base level production of 14.6 MT per annum (2006–07) to 26.2 MT per annum of hot metal. The following table shows
864-501: Is the largest government -owned steel producer, with an annual production of 18.29 million metric tons. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 54,431 employees and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel . SAIL operates and owns five integrated steel plants at Bhilai , Rourkela , Durgapur , Bokaro and Burnpur ( Asansol ) and three special steel plants at Salem , Durgapur and Bhadravathi . It also owns
912-879: The Bhilai Steel Plant was completed in September 1967 after commissioning of the Wire Rod Mill. The last unit of the 1.8 MT phase of Rourkela – the Tandem Mill – was commissioned in February 1968, and the 1.6 MT stage of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in August 1969 after commissioning of the Furnace in SMS. Thus, with the completion of the 2.5 MT stage at Bhilai, 1.8 MT at Rourkela, and 1.6 MT at Durgapur,
960-865: The Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) which was set up on 19 January 1954. It was initially designed to manage only one plant that was coming up at Rourkela . For Bhilai and Durgapur Steel Plants, the preliminary work was done by the Iron and Steel Ministry . From April 1957, the supervision and control of these two steel plants were also transferred to Hindustan Steel. The registered office was originally in New Delhi. It moved to Calcutta in July 1956, and ultimately to Ranchi in December 1959. A new steel company, Bokaro Steel Limited ( Bokaro Steel Plant ),
1008-695: The Indian government. Aside from Steel Authority of India Limited, the other venturers are Coal India , Rashtriya Ispat Nigam , National Minerals Development Corporation and National Thermal Power Corporation . ICVL acquired a 65 percent stake in the Benga coal mine from the Rio Tinto Group in July 2014. SAIL had signed a 50:50 joint venture with RITES for setting up a wagon components manufacturing facility at Kulti in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district . The total investment for this project
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#17327975070701056-691: The Internet, is a 50:50 venture promoted by SAIL and TATA Steel. Founded in February 2001, it is today not only India's largest eCommerce company (having eTransacted worth over Rs. 900 billion till date) but also runs the world's largest eMarketplace for steel. SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to set up a 2.2 MT slag based cement plant at Bhilai. The company shall commence cement production at Bhilai by March'2010, whereas clinker production at Satna shall start within 2009. SAIL has incorporated another joint venture company with M/s JaiPrakash Associates Ltd to set up
1104-608: The Lord on his head. When Rawana reached the Gola Gokaran Nath (then called Gollihara) he felt the need to urinate (a call of nature). Rawana offered some gold coins to a shepherd (who was none other than Lord Ganesha sent by deities) for placing the Lord Shiva on his head until he returned. The shepherd (Lord Ganesha) placed him on the land. Rawana failed to lift him up despite all his efforts. He pressed him on his head with his thumb in full anger. The impression of Rawana's thumb
1152-706: The Sal and miscellaneous forests and grasslands in Khairigarh Pargana, between the Mohana and Suheli rivers, were included in the then North Kheri Forest Division. More areas were reserved for protection between 1867 and 1879 and added to the Division. The area of the Division was legally constituted as Reserved Forests in 1937. The Sonaripur Sanctuary, comprising 15.7 km , was created in 1958 to specifically protect swamp deer (Cervus duvaceli duvaceli). The area
1200-671: The captive power plants at Rourkela, Durgapur and Bhilai with a combined capacity of 314 MW. It has installed additional capacity by implementation of 500 MW (2 x 250 MW Units) power plant at Bhilai. The commercial generation of Unit 1 commenced in April 2009 and the Unit 2 in October 2009. During FY2013-14, NSPCL generated 6156.091 MU of electricity with a PLF of 86.33% Established in 2001, A 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and
1248-500: The city of Lakhimpur to neighbouring districts including the rest of the area in the Uttar Pradesh and "Uttarakhand telecom circle" are considered to be local. Radio services Radio is one of the modes of entertainment in Lakhimpur. Radio services available are: Steel Authority of India Limited Steel Authority of India Limited ( SAIL ) is an Indian public sector steel manufacturing corporation based in New Delhi . It
1296-608: The company achieve its highest-ever numbers in terms of profitability. Source: Of the 33 Prime Minister's Shram Awards announced for 2010 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, 17 of which went to PSUs, SAIL employees won 11 awards. Of the total number of 76 awardees for the year, 45 belong to SAIL – a remarkable distinction for any organisation. Maharatna SAIL has received the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for
1344-514: The company. However, SAIL, by virtue of its Maharatna status in May 2010, enjoys significant operational and financial autonomy. Amarendu Prakash is the current chairman. As of 31 March 2015, SAIL has 93,352 employees, as compared to 170,368 (as of 31 March 2002). There has been a continuous reduction of headcount over the past few years due to enhanced productivity and rationalised manpower. The total requirement of its main raw material, iron ore ,
1392-793: The country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 ). It is the largest district of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Known for its sugar cane industry, it satisfies a huge part of the world's sugar demands. Some of the biggest sugar mills are in the district. Bajaj sugar mill in Gola Gokarnath and Bajaj sugar mill in Palia Kalan and DSCL sugar mills (Ajbapur), kumbhi sugar mills kumbhi, (Mohammdi) are
1440-661: The development of Hajigak iron ore mines in Afghanistan. The consortium, in November 2011, had won the mining rights for three iron ore mines which are said to contain 1.28 billion tonnes of rich reserves. SAIL has decided to outsource development of two virgin iron ore mines at Rowghat in Chhattisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand with an annual capacity of 14 and 15 million tonnes, respectively. The development of each mine
1488-493: The formation of Uttarakhand . It is home to a large number of rare and endangered species including Tiger, Leopard cat, Rhinoceros (one-horned), Hispid hare, Elephants, Black deer, Swamp deer, etc. A bird watchers' haven, Dudhwa is noted for its avian variety – about 400 species. Its swamps and several lakes attract varieties of waterfowl. Being close to the Himalayan foothills, Dudhwa also gets its regular winter visitors –
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1536-454: The four largest sugar mills in Asia. Balrampur Industries also runs its sugar mills from Lakhimpur. Lakhimpur is also famous for cottage industries of incense sticks. The main industry which dominates Lakhimpur Kheri is the sugar industry. It houses various sugar industries ranging from small plants to big integrated sugar mills. There are many private, government and co-operative sugar mills in
1584-626: The increased production of various items prior to and post expansion. On 25 May 2012, Steel Authority of India Limited entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of West Bengal and Burn Standard Company Ltd. for setting up of a Railway Wagon factory of approximately ₹ 210 crore (US$ 25 million). This project will create an approximate 75,300 jobs. The company also looking to establish one full capacity integrated plant in Andhra Pradesh or Telangana and surveying
1632-450: The migratory water birds. The Banke Tal is perhaps the most popular spot for bird watchers. There are egrets, cormorants, herons and several species of duck, geese and teal. Conservation History The visit of Sir D.B. Brandis in 1860 to the area culminated in a 303 square miles (780 km ) forest area of the present day Dudhwa National Park being brought under the control of Government in 1861 for preservation. In Kheri District all
1680-462: The present area of the Tiger Reserve is 884 km . Distance from Lakhimpur railway station to Dudhwa is about 100 km by road. Sharda Dam and Deer Park are other major attractions of Lakhimpur. East India Company built Willoughby Memorial Hall in 1924 in the memory of Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby, Deputy Commissioner of Kheri. On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library
1728-584: The region. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is setting up a steel processing unit in Behjam, Lakhimpur at an estimated cost of ₹ 85 crore. The processing unit will have an installed capacity of 100,000 tonnes per annum and produce TMT (thermo mechanically treated) bars from input material sourced from SAIL's integrated steel plants. Education is available at the Junior and Senior Basic Schools, Senior Secondary Schools and college level. Lakhimpur Kheri has
1776-495: The remaining through imports. For improving coking coal security, the company is also making efforts for development of new coking coal blocks at Tasra and Sitanalla. SAIL is also India's largest miner of minerals that are involved in the steel making process, such as iron ore and coking coal . During FY 2019–2020, the company mined 32.406 million tonnes of steel making minerals. SAIL produced 13.9 million tonnes of crude steel by operating at 103% of its installed capacity, which
1824-740: The right bank of Lower Sharda Barrage with discharge of 650 m/s. Supplies are then fed into the different branches of the Sharda canal system, namely, the Dariyabad branch, the Barabanki branch, the Haidergarh branch, the bareilly branch and the Purva branch. Sharda Sahayak Pariyojana provides protective canal irrigation for cultivable area of 2 m ha to lakhs of farmers in 150 development blocks of 16 districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh . The project
1872-491: The total crude steel production capacity of HSL was raised to 3.7 MT in 1968–69 and subsequently to 4 MT in 1972–73. IISCO was taken over as a subsidiary in 1978 and later merged in 2006. The hot metal production capacity of the company will further increase and is expected to reach a level of 50 million tonnes per annum by 2025. The Ministry formulated a policy statement to revamp industry management, presented to Parliament on 2 December 1972. This initiative proposed creating
1920-772: The year 2011. The award, in recognition of SAIL's initiatives and achievements in the field of environment management, was presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram on 24 June 2011 74 of a total of 128 awardees who have won the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) are from SAIL. The 15 out of 28 awards won by SAIL went to our 74 employees for the performance year 2008. Bhilai Steel Plant won 7 such awards involving 36 employees, Bokaro Steel Plant won 6 awards involving 29 employees. Durgapur Steel Plant and Salem Steel Plant both won 1 award each involving five and four employees respectively. SAIL employees have won 4 out of 5 awards of Class A, which
1968-399: The year during the lean season; but it indents on Sharda supplies during the monsoon between July and October when the Karnali carries a lot of silt. It was constructed in the leadership of Ragveersharan Agarwal. The Sharda Sahayak Pariyojana aims at irrigating culturable command area of 16,770 km with 70 per cent irrigation intensity. The 258.80 km long feeder channel takes off from
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2016-564: Was ₹ 205 crore (equivalent to ₹ 460 crore or US$ 55 million in 2023) in West Bengal , and commercial production began from December 2016. It manufactures, sells, markets, distributes and exports railway wagons, including high-end specialised wagons, wagon prototypes, fabricated components/parts of railway vehicles, rehabilitation of industrial locomotives, etc., for the domestic market. The Government of India owns about 65% of SAIL's equity and retains voting control of
2064-559: Was 83.1%, of which male literacy rate was 86.8% and female literacy rate was 78.9%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 13,394 and 312 respectively. Lakhimpur had 28199 households in 2011. Languages spoken here include Hindi, Urdu, and Awadhi , a vernacular in the Hindi dialect continuum spoken by over 38 million people, mainly in the Awadh region. In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Lakhimpur Kheri one of
2112-532: Was built by the former king of Oel State (Lakhimpur Kheri district) between 1860 and 1870. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This temple is built at the back of a large frog. The Temple is constructed within an octagonal lotus. The Shivling installed in the temple was brought from the Banasur Prati Narmdeshwar Narmada Kund . The main gate of the temple opens in the east and another gate is in the south. The architecture of this temple
2160-716: Was commissioned in 1962, and completed in 1975 with an estimated cost of Rs. 1,300 crore. Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh Lakhimpur is a city and a municipal board in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . Lakhimpur is located at 27°57′N 80°46′E / 27.95°N 80.77°E / 27.95; 80.77 . It has an average elevation of 147 metres (482 ft). It shares its boundaries with – Its main rivers are Sharda , Ghaghara , Koriyala, Ull, Sarayan , Chauka, Gomti , Kathana , Saryu and Mohana . The climate
2208-631: Was established. Freedom Fighter Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar and Rajnarayan Mishra shot the Deputy Commissioner and they were later hanged by the colonial rulers during freedom struggle. Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed as Naseeruddin Memorial Hall. The Eid Gaah is a mosque well known for its picturesque scene and architecture. It is near the railway tracks between Lakhimpur and Kheri . Shiv Temple of Gola Gokaran Nath
2256-509: Was incorporated on 29 January 1964 to construct and operate the steel plant at Bokaro. The 1 MT phases of Bhilai and Rourkela Steel Plants were completed by the end of December 1961. The 1 MT phase of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in January 2008. After commissioning of the Wheel and Axle plant. The crude steel production of HSL went up from 1.58 MT (1959–60) to 1.6 MT. The second phase of
2304-536: Was too small and was later enlarged to 212 km and renamed as Dudhwa Sanctuary in 1968. Later, more area was added to the Sanctuary and in 1977, it was declared Dudhwa National Park. The total area of the Park was 616 km of which 490 km was the core zone and the balance of 124 km was a buffer zone. The area was established in 1958 as a wildlife sanctuary. On 1 February 1977 wildlife sanctuary became
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