1. ROURKELA
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
MITHILESH MANDAL
114AR0006
Dept. of Planning and Architecture
National Institute of Technology
Rourkela
2. HISTORY
It is an important commercial centre of Odisha.
Rourkela Steel Plant has a huge iron and steel manufacturing base and one of the largest steel manufacturing
facilities in India.
The literal meaning of Rourkela according to the language ‘Sadri’ is ‘ Your Home’.
The Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company constructed the Howrah Nagpur railway, which ran through Rourkela
and some merchants started settling at Rourkela with business motive.
The erstwhile revenue village of Rourkela is now popularly know as Old Rourkela.
State government agreed to transfer 5,181.86 acres of government land to the HSL.
It also promised to acquire 15,305.92 acres. of private land for the project.
30 villages inhabited by around 2,500 households were affected and displaced by the acquisition of land for
the setting up of the steel plant and its township.
Slowly there was a rush of workers for the construction of the steel plant and business community started
growing.
Population of 15,000 in 1951 increased to 90,286 in 1961 and it was recoded as a town and the largest one in
Sundargarh.
3. PHYSICAL SETTING
Northern boundary is formed by the
Koel River flowing from the east and
meeting with west flowing Sankh
River just at the north‐west corner of
Rourkela Steel Township and flows
down southward as Brahmani River,
dividing the Planning Area into three
parts.
The Brahmani River takes its course
southwards through the region which
borders in the South‐West and Saranda
forest in the South and vast agricultural
land in the East.
4. PHYSICAL SETTING
Rourkela town is connected by the
Howrah‐Bombay line and well
connected with the rest of the
country by rail and road network.
Kolkata (529 km), Bhubaneswar (476
km), Ranchi (222 km) and
Sundargarh (107 km) which acts as a
market centre and gateway to the
national and international market.
5. PLANNING OF THE TOWNSHIP
Planned with a envision of the plant functioning in full swing.
19 sectors with 24,500 houses were planned.
Basic amenities of potable piped water, drainage, sewerage, electricity.
Provision of number of primary and secondary schools in different sectors.
Provision for setting up of a Science College and an Engineering College, later came to be known as Regional
Engineering College Rourkela and now known as National Institute of Technology Rourkela.
For health care, the Ispat General Hospital was set up and every sector had a health centre (now closed).
There were space s for shopping centres( Ambagan/Central Market, VIP Market, etc.) , recreational spaces (I G
Park, Deer park, etc. ) were earmarked.
To accommodate the growing population of Civil Township and reduce congestion and spatial concentration
there was a Master Plan made by developing residential plots and civil amenities.
6. LAND USE
1981
3 Zones
(i) Residential Zone
(Yellow)
(ii) Commercial Zone
(Red)
(iii) Light Industry Zone
(Purple)
10. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Rourkela Development Planning Area comprises
of
Rourkela Steel Plant 3.89 sq.km
Steel Township 20.95 sq.km.
Civil Township 22.73 sq.km.
52 villages 183.46 sq.km
Reserved Forest 11.37 sq.km
Others 16.72 sq.km.
Planning Area- 259.18 sq.km.
Population- 2.72 lakh (census 2011)
Two functionaries responsible for overall
Development of Rourkela Panning Area:
Rourkela Development Authority
Rourkela Municipality
11. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
Total Male Female
City + Outgrowths 3,20,040 169095 150945
City Population 272721 144466 128255
Literates 211189 117320 93869
Children (0-6) 29933 15799 14134
Average Literacy (%) 86.98% 91.18% 82.25%
Sex Ratio 888
Child Sex Ratio 895
12. ECONOMIC PROFILE
Civil Township:
Majority of the workers are Main Workers.
Steel Township
28% - workers out of which 93% are main workers
and 7% are marginal workers.
Less number of working female population.
Rourkela Planning Authority Blocks
75% working population in male.
Out of which 72% main workers and 28% marginal
workers.
Secondary Sector adds most to the economy
followed by Tertiary and Primary Sector.
13. INFRASTRUCTURE PROFILE
WATER SUPPLY
The SAIL (then HSL) constructed the Mandira dam 15 km from the Steel Plant, and it used to supply
water to the Plant but to due to the recent scarcity of water, a new network of pipeline has been
drawn from there to supply to the Steel Township.
The Steel Township also gets water from the Koel river with pumping stations at Sector 20, Sector 18
and Jhirpani.
The Civil Township gets water from the Tarkera Dam.
The citizens’ water supply is about 2.8 hrs per day.
The water purification plant for the Steel Township is at Sector 20.
14. Water Intake at Koel River, Sector 20 Water Purification at Hill Top, Sector 20
15. INFRASTRUCTURE PROFILE
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Electricity is supplied from Hirakud Power Supply to the Civil Township
The NTPC power plant supplies to the Steel Plant and the Steel Township.
ROADS
NH23 passes through the city connecting Ranchi, in North and Angul, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in
South.
Connected by State Highway with Sambalpur, Raigarh, toward South West and Jamshedpur toward
North East.
The Ring road forms the main arterial road for the Steel township and the Civil Township. In the Steel
Township the roads are laid in 3 m wide linear roads for the blocks which connect to the 5 m wide main
roads and they connect to the Ring Road.
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17. Main Road of Civil Township Main Road of Steel Township
18. INFRASTRUCTURE PROFILE
RAILWAYS
Rourkela Railway junction is situated in Howrah‐Mumbai line
under South –Eastern Railway.
The city is directly connected with Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore,
Ahmedabad, Ranchi, Dhanbad and Pune.
Rourkela junction one more line goes to Biramitrapur. One
more line goes from Bimalagarh to Kiriburu Mines.
Many goods trainalso pass through Rourkela every day.
AIRPORT
After inception of Rourkela Steel Plant, the Government of India
build an Air Strip at Rourkela in 1960’s and till 1991 it was under
Government control.
In 1991 the management and control of this Air strip was
transferred to SAIL.
And recently AAI has approved for its upgradation to Airport.
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21. HOUSING PROFILE
The Status of Housing in Rourkela is
governed by 3 factors
Rapid Urbanization
Migration due to job opportunities
Urban Development (small level)
Socio Economic Diversity
Major variety of social and economic status of
the society.
Slum development due to migration and
homelessness.
Dichotomy
There is a strong requirement of matching up
with the housing in the Steel Township area and
the non-Steel Township Area.
22. HOUSING PROFILE
OSHB Houses Constructed (Basanti and
Chhend Colony)
HIG A (D) 34
HIG B (D) 38
HIG A 61
HIG B 436
MIG 1 421
MIG 11 434
MIG 329
LIG 1753
LIG 1 316
LIG 11 214
EWS 991
SCR 27
SHOP 60
TOTAL 5114
HUDCO plots distributed
(Koelnagar)
HIG 56
MIG 1 1000
MIG 11 600
LIG 500
TOTAL 2150
SELF-FINANCED Plots
HIG 38
MIG 11 75
TOTAL 113
23. HOUSING PROFILE
Railway Colony Quarters
Type 1 420
Type 2 377
Type 3 17
Type 4 19
Type 5 1
Total 834
SAIL Quarters
Cheap Type 3747
1 room 1524
1 BR-LT
12,727
1 BR-HT 2278
II BR-LT 953
II BR-HT 1258
III BR-LT 45
III BR-HT 330
EX- Hostel 105
Ex Flat 696
SOB 111
SPL 58
TOTAL 23,732
26. ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
Rourkela has a reserved forest of 6.22% of its area.
The Quarters in the Steel Township is are allocated with some space
around it for gardens.
Plantation is done every year on the vacant lands.
Each sector is divided into blocks and each block is punctured with
open spaces and every house has at least 2 trees planted and there
is prohibition on chopping down of trees.
