Rourkela

Rourkela (Odia: [ɾauɾɔkela] ⓘ) is a <a href="/facts/Planned_city/Lasw19Pu">planned city</a> located in the northern district <a href="/facts/Sundargarh/AjheU33w">Sundargarh</a> of <a href="/facts/Odisha/ofAWpAgu">Odisha</a>, <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a>. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in <a href="/facts/Odisha/ofAWpAgu">Odisha</a> after <a href="/facts/Bhubaneswar/IPgpYJ0B">Bhubaneswar</a> and <a href="/facts/Cuttack/Vn9A3chH">Cuttack</a>. It is situated about 328 kilometres (204 mi) west of the state capital <a href="/facts/Bhubaneswar/IPgpYJ0B">Bhubaneswar</a> and is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by the rivers <a href="/facts/South_Koel_River/tdcxIM5j">Koel</a>, <a href="/facts/Sankh_River/yqmRTkE7">Sankha</a>, & <a href="/facts/Brahmani_River/GGzbElAW">Brahmani</a>. The city is also popularly known as Ispat Nagar and Steel City of Odisha as well. One of the largest integrated steel plants set up with German collaboration Known as <a href="/facts/Rourkela_Steel_Plant/2nMYBACJ">Rourkela Steel Plant, of</a> <a href="/facts/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited/IgoqJ1C9">Steel Authority of India Limited</a> (SAIL). It also has one of the premier national level technical institute known as <a href="/facts/National_Institutes_of_Technology/NjclKzn1">National Institutes of Technology</a> (<a href="/facts/NIT_Rourkela/fVe9N8bR">NIT Rourkela</a>). Every year, on 3 March Rourkela Day has been celebrated.
The city has been selected as <a href="/facts/Smart_city/RkmIVQC3">smart city</a> in the third phase of the National Smart Cities Mission on 20 September 2016, which is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development. Rourkela has been declared India's Fastest Moving City (East Zone 2–10 Lakh). Rourkela is third largest city of Odisha state & categorised as a <a href="/facts/Classification_of_Indian_cities/SdI2aft3">Tier-2</a> city.

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