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Study the diagram given below and answer the question that follows:

1. Identify and name the steel plant shown in the diagram.

2. Name the mining areas which supply coal and manganese to this plant.

3. Which is the source of water supply to this plant?


1. The above-given diagram is the map of the Durgapur steel plant which is located in West Bengal. It was set up in 1962 with the collaboration of the United Kingdom.

2.Jharia and Raniganj are the mining areas which supply coal and Noamudi and Bonaigarh is the mining areas which supply manganese.

3. Water is obtained from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the steel plant.

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