Chhattisgarh

History and Geography


Chhattisgarh, designed out of Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 Nov 2000 as the 26th Condition of the Partnership. It satisfies the long-cherished demand of the tribe people. In the past the area was known as Dakshin-Kausal. This discovers discuss in Ramayana and Mahabharata also. 

Between the 6th and 12th hundreds of years Sarabhpurias, Panduavanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri and Nagvanshi kings taken over this area. Kalchuris decided in Chhattisgarh from 980 to 1791 A.D. With the introduction of Britishers in 1854, Raipur obtained popularity instead of capital Ratanpur. In 1904, Sambalpur was moved to Orissa and properties of Sarguja were moved from Bengal to Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh is surrounded by southeast Jharkhand and Orissa in the eastern, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the european, Uttar Pradesh and european Jharkhand in the northern and Andhra Pradesh in the southeast. Areawise Chhattisgarh is the 9th greatest state and population-wise it is 17th state of the country.

Agriculture

Agriculture and allied actions account for nearly 80 % of the workforce in situations. Out of the regional place of 13,787 thousand hectares, total popped place is 4,799 thousand hectares, which comprises about 35 % of the complete regional place. Kharif is the main farming season which information for about 4,640 thousand hectares. 

Rice is the prevalent plants of the state; other essential vegetation are Maize, Rice, Niger, Groundnut and Impulses. The state has one of the greatest selections of Grain Germplasm, which has roughly 21,000 information. Farming vegetation are expanded in an place of about 123 thousand hectares. 

States impressive, "Rajiv Kisan Mitan" program for motivating farm owners, to move away from unviable types of paddy to over the counter practical types of paddy and other vegetation is released just two decades ago and now over 5.18 lakh hectares of area is under this variation program.

Forest takes up about 6,247 thousand hectares which comprises about 45 % of the complete regional place. The state has constituted 3 nature and 10 crazy lifestyle sanctuaries to preserve crazy lifestyle in general and vulnerable varieties in particular.

Industry

Chhattisgarh is nicely given with natural sources like jungles, nutrients and surface water. Until yesteryears-the Condition has gone through a extreme change and is successful with commercial actions now. Chhattisgarh is producing roughly 20 % of metal and 15 % in the country. 

Many Govt of Indian tasks like Bhilai Steel Place, Nationwide Nutrient Growth Organization, South-Eastern Fossil fuel Field Restricted, NTPC and a variety of huge concrete vegetation that belong to categories like ACC, Gujarat Ambuja, Grasim, L&T, CCI and La-farge of Portugal and many metal tasks (sponge iron/pig metal route) in personal industry are also under different levels of execution. There are roughly 130 metal re-rolling generators, a variety of small metal vegetation, ferro-alloy models, steel/cast metal launching models, technological innovation and production models apart from large variety of agro centered and food handling, substance, plastic, designs material, woodlands generate centered models.

Strategically situated in main Indian, Chhattisgarh is able to supply energy to models for all the time. There are huge coal supplies (87 % of India) in situations, providing cheap pithead energy creation possibilities and has prospective to generate up to 50,000 MW of energy. 

NTPC is now creating new energy creation unit, greatest ever, by it in Bilaspur Region. NTPC has began development on its 2,640 MW Super Heat plant in Sipat and another 600 MW plant in Korba. Govt of Gujarat is putting up a 500 MW creation plant in Korba. Several other declares are also interested in establishing up vegetation here. Private industry MOUs for more than 1,500 MW and more tasks are in the direction. 

Chhattisgarh Condition Industrial Growth Corp. Ltd., Raipur has designed, managed and is handling roughly an place of 3,112 hectares of commercial area. More than 830 sectors with financial commitment of more than Rs 16,510 thousand providing direct career to 25,000 individuals have been installation on the area designed by this corporation. Rani Durgavati Industrial Area-Anjani Pendra Road, Pattern Complex-Siltara is recognized in Raipur Region, and the I.T. Recreation area has been recognized by CHiPS.

Information Technology

E-Governance in Chhattisgarh is focused towards guaranteeing individuals access to government, which makes the government even more sensitive and clear. CHiPs (Chhattisgarh Infotech and biotech Marketing Society) has been installation with a powerful regulating authorities under the Primary Minister's chair deliver, to act as a primary moverfor IT and Medical in situations. 

The greatest school level IT program "Indira Soochna Shakti" is accomplishing its focus on. All resident services of e-governance are under one offset umbrella venture called CHOICE (Chhattisgarh Online Details for Citizen Empowerment). BHUIYAN program (Bhuiyan means area in Chhattisgarhi) under CHOICE is a networked area information service available from "virtual" Tehsil workplaces, in easy reach of villagers on an anytime-anywhere basis.

Mineral Resources

Chhattisgarh serves a wide range of nutrients found in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic landscapes. Large remains of coal, metal ore, Limestone, Bauxite, Dolomite and Tin ore are situated in several parts of situations. 

Lately, Diamondiferous Kimberlites determined in Raipur district are likely to generate significant variety of Gemstones. Method to small remains of silver, platform materials, quartzite, detergent rock, Fluroite, Corrundum, Graphite, Lepidolite, Amblygonite of usable size are also likely to graduate student to the type of huge remains after sales. 

Twenty % of the nation's metal and concrete is created in the Condition. It is the only tin-ore producing state in the country. The mineral sources have tremendous prospective for huge financial commitment in exploration, establishing of mineral centered sectors and producing career. Chhattisgarh is nestling on top of the greatest Kimberlite place. Eight prevents have been demarcated for precious rock discovery. Apart from precious rock, four prevents of silver discovery and five prevents for platform metalinvestigation have been demarcated.

Irrigation and Power

When situations came into being, the complete watering prospective was 13.28 lakh hectares (as on 1 Nov 2000). After that, 1.25 lakh hectare extra prospective was designed within 2 decades and nine months, by mobilising sources of various divisions and community contribution, growth and progression of 50,000 trash on the farmer's area, a complete of 5 lakh hectare extra prospective had been designed. Major finished tasks are Tandula, Kodar and Pairy. Hasdev, Mahanadi Tank Project, Sondhur and Jonk are some of the other tasks.

The complete prospective of Condition Power Panel is 1,381.05 MW, out of which the thermal energy discuss is 1,260 MW and rest is hydel energy. The municipality has presented a very pro-active energy policy under which the community industry showed by the Chhattisgarh state electricity board, as well as the personal industry have well described tasks to play. Around 93 % of 19,720 populated towns of Chhattisgarh have been electrified.

Transport

Roads: The complete duration of the streets in the Condition is 35,388.54 km. The duration of the national roadways is 1,827.30 km, state roadways are 3,611 km, district streets are 2,118 km and non-urban streets are 27,566 km.

Railways: Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh and Korba are essential train channels. Total train path duration is 1,053 km. New train area in Bilaspur began performing from 1 Apr 2003.

Airlines: Raipur is linked with New Delhi, Nagpur, Mumbai and Bhubaneswar by daily routes. Bilaspur, Bhilai, Raigarh, Jagdalpur, Ambikapur, Korba, Jashpurnagar and Rajnandgaon are having airstrips.

Festivals

Chhattisgarh is popular for its celebrations. Pola, Nawakhai, Dussehara, Deepawali, Holi, Govardhan Pooja are popular with gaiety and party.

Tourist Centres



Chhattisgarh located in the heart of Indian, is gifted with wealthy social culture and eye-catching organic variety. The Condition is full of typical historical monuments, unusual creatures, designed wats or temples, Buddhist sites, castles, falls, caverns, stone artwork, and mountain leveling off. 

Chhattisgarh offers the visitors "A Location with a Difference". Bastar, with its exclusive social and environmental identification, will come as a breathing of fresh air. Chitrakote Drops, a spot where the stream Indravati has an unexpected fall of 96 ft, which are like equine shoes bend, are often compared to the Niagara falls. Tirathgarh Drops, the stunning fountain of Kanger stream flows down from a size of 100 ft in the form of steps. Other essential locations are the Keshkal area, Kangerghat Nationwide Recreation area, Kailash caverns and Kutumbsar caverns, which are full of organic charm.

In Bilaspur, Mahamaya forehead at Ratanpur, Khutaghat fountain, Dindneswari Devi forehead of Mallahar and the Achanakmar haven, Udanti haven near Raipur, Pali and Kendai fountain of Korba region are essential locations of vacationer interest. 

The Sabari forehead of Kharod Janjgir Champa, Nar Narayan forehead of Sivarinarayan, Vishnu forehead of Janjgir are essential spiritual locations. The travel and leisure plan is targeted on creating a exclusive picture for the Condition and to position it as an eye-catching place to go for both household as well as foreign visitors. 

Some major goals of this plan are: To advertise financially, culturally and environmentally maintainable travel and leisure in the State; motivate and enhance private industry projects in creating tourism-related infrastructure; restrict the part of Govt to that of company and company of public goods; increase the participation of travel and leisure to the economic growth of related areas. Situations has set up a Condition Tourism Advertising Board as the nodal organization for interpretation of the plan into action for the continual growth of the industry.