JL Nehru Road, better known as Chowringhee Road, is fast emerging as the ‘metal’ address of Kolkata. Starting from Birla Planetarium up to the point where Park Street flyover begins, regional offices of at least 4 major steel manufacturers were hitherto located. To the august list now adds that of Nalco.
First off, just opposite the Planetarium is the Air India Building that has the headquarters of IISCO (Indian Iron & Steel Company Ltd.), now a SAIL subsidiary. Across Theater Road (or Shakespeare Sarani) is the JK Millennium Center that lodges Bhusan Steel, which has steel plant near Durgapur. Now Nalco has reportedly purchased a 6,500 sq ft office space there for Rs.5.5 crore. It will now shift from its rented Camac Street office to the new address.
Proceeding north a little, we come across the imposing Tata Center [Picture source left] that houses the city office of Tata Steel. Further ahead, just after Kanak Building is another edifice, Ispat Bhavan, this one of SAIL.
Another mineral-related public sector behemoth is also located there. It’s ONGC that has 2 offices within that coveted space, one in the Air India Building that has IISCO too, the other in Kanak Building (regional HQ) just before Ispat Bhavan. Both are rented premises for ONGC, and now one hears that this company is going to have its new building in a 5-acre plot acquired in New Town, Rajarhat.
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