It is located in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

"The entire belt between Durgapur (158 km from Howrah), and all the way up to Dhanbad and beyond is industrialized.

Apart from factories, there are many coalmines, some closed now, and some with fires burning deep in the mineshafts.

"[6] The first passenger train in eastern India ran from Howrah to Hooghly on 15 August 1854.

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