Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Durgapur, West Bengal. The ground is mainly used for organizing football and cricket matches. It is operated and owned by Durgapur Steel Plant Sports Association and mainly used for football purposes. The stadium was used for cricket 1975 to 1995 for some women's cricket and under-19s matches.
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This was one of the most beautiful parks around, being the first park in the entire Paschim Bardhaman district to have a musical fountain. Then due to neglect the entire infrastructure started falling apart. Durgapur Steel Plant, which oversaw its maintenance outsourced it to a private company. The musical fountain is now back and the park is back to its good old days again. Boating facilities are also available.
A Kali temple established in 1852. People from different places arrive at the temple during Kali Puja.
Anand Amusement Park
It is a fun place for kids near City Centre. It has a toy-train, a few rides and a bunch of other attractions. Adjacent to it is a deer park. You can actually walk in and touch a few of the deer. You can also find a leisure boating lake close by.
Made famous in the novel Devi Chaudhurani by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. An unbelievable network of tunnels starting near the City Centre region right up to the Damodar river. Nowadays, it is a protected monument (the entrance of the cave). But you would be able to visit the place.
Main gate shown in the map
The steel plant is one awesome thing to see. It is hard to imagine the scale of things that happen and how the heck all of this works together. You need a permit to visit, which is easily obtained from the Administrative building, outside the plant, near the main gate of the plant.
According to the Archaeological Survey of India, this temple is more than 800 years old, with a unique architectural style. It is built in the style of Rathas of Southern India.