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This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Korba district.

Korba
कोरबा
Power City
Nickname: 
Industrial capital of cg
India India
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarhChhattisgarh
DistrictKorba District
Named forPahadi korwas
Government
 • TypeLocal Government
 • BodyMunicipal corporation
Elevation
316 m (1,037 ft)
Population
 • Total
365,073
DemonymKorbites
Langauge-1
 • OfficialHindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
495677/8
Area code7759
Vehicle registrationCG-12
Sex ratio927 ♂/♀
Websitewww.korba.gov.in

Korba (Hindi: कोरबा) is a city and an industrial area in Korba District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Korba is headquarter of Korba district situated about 200 km. from the capital city Raipur.

Korba is known for its coal mines such as Gevra Area which is one of the biggest coal mines of Asia as well as Kusmunda Area and Dipka Area, all located in Korba Coalfield. It also has power plants such as NTPC, CSEB and Bharat Aluminum Company.

Geography

Korba is situated on Maikal ranges of the Satpura Hills and Chota Nagpur Plateau is high and low and open. The rivers Hasdeo and Ahiran flow through the city, with Hasdeo boasting two hydroelectric dams.

Korba is located at 22°21′N 82°41′E / 22.35°N 82.68°E / 22.35; 82.68.[1] It has an average elevation of 252 metres (826 feet). As of 2011 India census,[2] Korba city had a population of 365,073.

Sun Rise in Putka Hill Range Korba

Economy

area.[3][4][5]

Korba Super Thermal Power Plant of NTPC is located at Jamanipali area. It receives coal from Gevra and Kusmunda mines and source of water for the power plant is Hasdeo River.[6] Korba Thermal Power Station is owned and operated by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company.[7][8] There are more small Power Plant near city like Hasdeo Thermal Power Station, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Thermal Power Station and Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant.

Bharat Aluminium Company has plant which is one of the Asia's largest aluminium production industries. In 2009, chimney under construction by Gannon Dunkerley & Company at the Balco smelter collapsed killing 49 workers and GDCL management have been accused of negligence in the incident.[9][10][11][12]

File:Gevra.jpg
Gevra Project-Asia's largest coal mine

Government and jurisdiction

The city of Korba is the Korba district headquarters. Korba City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government. Korba Municipal Corporation (KMC) was established in 1956 under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palika Nigam Adhiniyam. The KMC is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning and welfare services. The mayor and councillors are elected to five-year terms.The city constitutes an urban agglomeration Which includes Dipka municipality, bankimongra zone, Jamnipali zone And Bolconagar zone.

Korba (Lok Sabha constituency) is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency for the city and constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[13] Rampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 20), Korba (assembly constituency no. 21), Katghora (assembly constituency no. 22) and Pali-Tanakhar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 23) is part of Korba district. Currently, Banshilal Mahto of Bharatiya Janata Party is a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha and Jai Singh Agrawal of Indian National Congress sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly from Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[14]

Transport

Road

Korba is connected to other parts of India through national and state highways. The city is directly connected to Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai Nagar, Rajnandgaon. Korba is also connected with national highways like NH200 etc.

Rail

Korba railway station is connected to Champa, the nearest railway junction on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The stations comes under South East Central Railway Zone. It is directly connected to Bilaspur which the Divisional Headquarter by rail and road through Katghora-Pali-Ratanpur. The 50.7 km (32 mi) long, 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge was constructed between 1953 and 1956, electrified in 1987 and 1988, and extended to Gevra Road railway station in 1988 and 1989.[15][16] New line surveys of Indian Railway were taken during 2012 and 2013, and included a line from Renukoot-Korba via Ambikapur Katghora and Korba-Ranchi.[17]

Air

The nearest airport is at Raipur, which is about 224 km from Korba.

Dumpers in Gevra mine

See also

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Korba
  2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Coal Mine Project Opportunity" (PDF). Korba Coalfield. Retrieved 1 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ "Question remains on CIL's expansion projects in Chhattisgarh – Question remains on CIL's expansion projects in Chhattisgarh". Financial Express, 13 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  5. ^ "CIL's SECL makes day record for coal output in March". Steelguru, 13 April 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ NTPC Korba
  7. ^ Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, "Thermal power stations", Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company website, accessed February 2012.
  8. ^ http://www.cseb.gov.in/cspgcl/powerstations/Thermal%20Stations/Thermal%20Common%20Link.htm
  9. ^ http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090924/812/tnl-balco-chimney-crash-deaths-climb-to.html
  10. ^ "Balco chimney mishap: Three Chinese officials arrested in Korba". The Hindustan Times. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "> Anderlini, Jamil (29 September 2009). "India questions Sepco staff over chimney collapse". The Financial Times. Retrieved 29 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "25 die in accident at BALCO's new plant at Korba". Business Standard. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  14. ^ Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
  15. ^ Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal. "Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy". page 60. Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi - 110059. ISBN 81-7022-089-0. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  16. ^ "History of Electrification". India Rail Info.
  17. ^ What is new in Railway Budget 2012-13
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