industries 7

After 1950, iron and steel industry began to be located on large areas of flat land near __________ ports.

sea

The changing location was because by 1950, steel works had become very large and iron ore had to be __________ from overseas.

imported

In India, iron and steel industry has developed taking advantage of raw materials, cheap labour, transport and __________ .

market

All the important steel producing centres such as Bhilai, Durgapur, Burnpur, Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Bokaro are situated in a region that spreads over four states: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and __________ .

Chhattisgarh

Before 1947, there was only one iron and steel plant in the country, the __________ .

Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO)

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

Kharkai

Sakchi was renamed as __________ .

Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur is the most conveniently situated iron and steel centre in the __________ .

country

After Independence, the government took the initiative and set up several iron and steel __________ .

plants

Salem in Tamil Nadu and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh are other important steel centres utilising local __________ .

resources