With the Supreme Court not yet staying the state’s move, the Jharkhand Government and the Centre are planning to extend JNNURM to the city. The two have already inked MoUs for Ranchi and Dhanbad. “We will will make our submission before the court after the MoU for Jamshedpur is signed on Wednesday,” said a Tata Steel executive on the condition of anonymity.
Deputy Secretary (Urban Development) Sudhakar Singh said: “Since the Supreme Court has not stayed our move till date we are free to move ahead.”
The Tata city
• In 1919, the city was named Jamshedpur by the then Viceroy Lord Chelmsford in honour of its founder Jamshedji Nausherwanji Tata
•Jamshedpur is also called Steel City, Tatanagar or simply as Tata
•Amenities in the city are administered by Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (JUSCO), a subsidiary of Tata Steel. It is among the few cities in India to have 24 hours running water and electricity
• In 2004, the city was selected for the UN’s Global Compact City, surpassing contenders such as Bangalore, Pune and Chandigarh
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