MAITHAN DAM

It is 52 km from Dhanbad. Maithon can also be translated as "Mother's Abode". Maithon has the biggest reservoir in the Damodar Valley Corporation. This dam, is 15,712 ft long and 165 ft high, has been built on the Barakar river, specially designed for flood control generates 60000-k Watt of electricity. It has a unique underground power station which is first of its kind in South East Asia. Just a little away from the dam lies an ancient temple at Kalyaneshwari.

The lake at Maithon is spread over an area of 65 sq.kms. On an island in the lake is a rest house which offers accommodation. Boating and fishing facilities are available. Close by, a deer park and a bird sanctuary have been established.

CHITTARANJAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

CLW manufactures electric locomotives -- 25 kv ac loco with three phase ac drive, 25kv ac locomotive with dc drive. it is one of the largest Electric Locomotive manufacturer in the world.CLW also manufactures AC & DC Traction motors, Switch gears/Control gears, Bogies cast & fabricated, Wheel sets & Steel casting. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has been named after the great freedom fighter, leader and statesmen Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das . The production activity started on 26th January, 1950 the day when India became Republic. The initial product of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works was Steam Locomotive . In the period 1950-1972 Chittaranjan Locomotive Works turned out a total number of 2351 Steam Locomotives.

IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)

IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), an integrated steel plant in Burnpur, has the capacity to produce 4.26 lakh tonnes of saleable steel and 2.54 lakh tonnes of pig iron annually. ISP, the erstwhile Indian Iron & Steel Company (IISCO), which was a 100% subsidiary of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been amalgamated with the parent company with effect from 16 February 2006.

ISP produces a large number of steel structurals and special sections as well as pig iron. the plant pioneered the production of centre –sill Z-section used in the fabrication of wagon and Z-type sheet piling section used in construction of barrages, bridge foundations and other projects and colliery arch section used for roof support in collieries. The plant has also developed ‘slit rolling’ for small diameter rounds (10 mm and 12 TMT), which are in high demand in the domestic market.The plant is set to undego modernisation-cum-capacity expansion though which its hot metal production capacity will be raised to 2.5 MT by 2011-12.ISP is accredited with ISO 9001:2000 QMS for its Heavy Structural Mill and Merchant & Rod Mill. It has also been awarded ISO 14001:2004 EMS for its entire Rolling Mill Complex.