Puri To Jamshedpur

Clean City Green City Steel City

Post by Shubhomoy | Kolkata | Mar 20, 2009

With more time on hand you might consider taking on the Dalma hill range itself. Dalma is a Forest Reserve and a trip to it requires prior planning as it requires a night stay at a forest bungalow near the hill top to make your trip worthwhile. One can see the confluence of the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers as broad silver streaks in the sun. At night, sitting on the verandah of the Tata forest bungalow, one can view the lights of the city and spy the periodic bright orange glow of hot slag being discharged from the Steel factory.

Jamshedpur: the steel city with a green heart

Post by Dhananjay | Bhubaneshwar | Jul 5, 2012

By rail - The Railway Station at Jamshedpur is called Tatanagar. It is on the Howrah-Mumbai line. It is connected to Ranchi and Barkakhana, Asansol on the Howrah-Delhi line via Purulia and Adra, and Gua via Noamundi and Barajamda. There are direct trains from/to all the major cities of India, viz., Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ranchi, Patna etc. Kolkata and Patna are linked with super fast trains. You may also take a train to Dhanbad or Ranchi and then a taxi to Jamshedpur. It may take around four hours from Dhanbad to Jamshedpur and two and a half to three from Ranchi. There is a ticketing office which opens at 8AM and opens till 8PM (except Sundays 2PM) for you to book your train tickets all over India. There are also current booking train counters for current bookings within the city from where tickets can be booked for all over India. There are ATMs of SBI and UTI on the station. Facilities like eating rooms,cobbler, cafe, rest rooms, waiting rooms are all available. There is no prepaid booth for autos at the Tatanagar station. However autos are available 24X7. One must be prepared to bargain hard. By bus - Regular bus services are available from Jamshedpur to Ranchi (140 km), Patna, Gaya, Kolkata (270 km), Hazaribag, Aurangabad, Patna, Gaya, Jahanabad, Gorakhpur, Ballia, Raxaul, Hazaribagh, Bokaro etc. By road - Jamshedpur is connected by road with most of the major cities in India. NH 32 connects Jamshedpur to Govindpur on NH 2 (Kolkata-Delhi) via Chandil, Chas and Dhanbad. NH 33 connects Chandil to Barhi on NH 2 (Kolkata-Delhi) via Bundu, Ranchi, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh and also in the opposite direction to Baharagora on NH 6 (Kolkata-Western India) via Mahulia. Kolkata is 270 km from Jamshedpur via Baharagora and Kharagpur. Ranchi is 140 km from Jamshedpur. The highyway from Ranchi is doubled laned but without a divider. Chandil is about 35 km from Jamshedpur. By air - Jamshedpur airport can be used for bringing in chartered planes but night landing facility is not available. Commercial flights have also started operating from Kolkata, Ranchi, Patna and New Delhi. The two nearest airports are Ranchi or Kolkata. Indigo has introduced kolkata - jamshedpur flights lately. There are two flights daily (to and fro) from Kolkata, one in the morning and one in the evening.