Thursday, February 03, 2005
The Asansol - Durgapur region
If you guys, especially those of us who are outside West Bengal or India can give your kids some info as the area around St. Vincent's:
The Asansol - Durgapur region (urban pop: 1.6 million) is one of West Bengal's major industrial and urban regions. The two major towns are Asansol and Durgapur. Asansol is about 200 kms while Durgapur is 168 kms from Calcutta.
This region is a major center of coal mining and the area around the town of Ranigunj is well known for its quality coal deposits. The Damodar river which flows through this region has been tamed with the setting up of the Damodar Valley Corporation. The DVC controls several dams and power stations (both thermal and hydro) spread over West Bengal and Bihar. Many public sector undertakings have their plants here. Durgapur is the site of an integrated steel plant complex (SAIL-DSP) and an alloy steel plant (SAIL-ASP) complex. The townships of Burnpur and Kulti also have steel complexes (IISCO). 
An aluminum unit of BALCO is situated in Bidhanbag. A major cable factory of HCL is situated in Rupnarayanpur while the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is located in Chittaranjan. One of India's premier regional engineering colleges and the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute are located in Durgapur while Asansol too has an engineering college. This region is served by a good railway and road network. Asansol is also major railway junction. The Grand Trunk Road or NH-2 is the main road through this region.
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The Asansol - Durgapur region (urban pop: 1.6 million) is one of West Bengal's major industrial and urban regions. The two major towns are Asansol and Durgapur. Asansol is about 200 kms while Durgapur is 168 kms from Calcutta.
This region is a major center of coal mining and the area around the town of Ranigunj is well known for its quality coal deposits. The Damodar river which flows through this region has been tamed with the setting up of the Damodar Valley Corporation. The DVC controls several dams and power stations (both thermal and hydro) spread over West Bengal and Bihar. Many public sector undertakings have their plants here. Durgapur is the site of an integrated steel plant complex (SAIL-DSP) and an alloy steel plant (SAIL-ASP) complex. The townships of Burnpur and Kulti also have steel complexes (IISCO). An aluminum unit of BALCO is situated in Bidhanbag. A major cable factory of HCL is situated in Rupnarayanpur while the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is located in Chittaranjan. One of India's premier regional engineering colleges and the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute are located in Durgapur while Asansol too has an engineering college. This region is served by a good railway and road network. Asansol is also major railway junction. The Grand Trunk Road or NH-2 is the main road through this region.
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The reason the email could not be delivered was because the file size was larger than the permitted capacity.
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Subham Ghosh
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: 11:41 PM
: 11:41 PM
Your website is very interesting. It brought back wonderful memories of the wonderful days I spent in St. Vincent's between 1966 - 1979 KG to XII I was in the first Com. batch. There was a lovely snap of Mrs. Paula Ghosh and Mrs. Vadhawa who taught me in the XI & XII.Could you please help me try and find out more info of earlier batches to 1984. Kind Regards Rawzmund D'Cruz
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: 11:01 PM
Hi! Raezmund d'cruz
I really do not know if this is of any help but if any of the guys were from your batch / you know them, then I can provide the details - Gautam Kundu , Anup Saha.
I am not sure , but may be they were a year junior.
Regards
Alok Saha.
I really do not know if this is of any help but if any of the guys were from your batch / you know them, then I can provide the details - Gautam Kundu , Anup Saha.
I am not sure , but may be they were a year junior.
Regards
Alok Saha.
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: 9:53 PM
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. gAUTAM kUNDU WAS 2 YRS. JUNIOR TO ME. MY BATCH MATES WERE PEOPLE LIKE SANJAY BHAGAT, BHUSHAN SINGH, PRAVEEN MATTOO, LALIT PARMAR,MICHAEL WONG, MICHAEL HOWE, NARENDRA MALHOTRA, RAJENDER SHAH, SAIBAL SEN , SANJAY BHANSAL, ASHOK SINGH, PETER CHOW,& MANY MORE WHOSE NAMES ARE COMING TO MIND SLOWLY. WELL, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO MEET MRS. PAULA GHOSH A FEW MONTHS BACK AND IT BROUGHT BACK WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THE DAYS SHE SPENT TEACHING ME IN THE XI & XII. HAVE YOU ANY NEWS ON MRS. RAJNI BHANDARI AND MRS WADHAVA?
THE BROTHERS NAME IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WEB SITE TITLED 'PHOTOGRAPHS' OR 'TEACHERS' IS BROTHER BROGAN. HE WAS THE DRAWING TEACHER IF YOU CAN REMEMBER HIM. THEREFORE MAKE THE NECESSARY ENTRY AGAINST THE SNAP. MANY THANKS ONCE AGAIN RAWZMUND D'CRUZ - 1979 XII STD. BATCH
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THE BROTHERS NAME IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE WEB SITE TITLED 'PHOTOGRAPHS' OR 'TEACHERS' IS BROTHER BROGAN. HE WAS THE DRAWING TEACHER IF YOU CAN REMEMBER HIM. THEREFORE MAKE THE NECESSARY ENTRY AGAINST THE SNAP. MANY THANKS ONCE AGAIN RAWZMUND D'CRUZ - 1979 XII STD. BATCH
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