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Question
Give two reasons favouring the location of Iron and Steel Plant in north-eastern Deccan.
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Solution
(i) Availability of iron ore, manganese, coal, limestone in close nearness since transportation of these bulky material would require a lot of money.
(ii) Iron and Steel industry is a labour intensive industry. Jharkhand, Bihar and U. P. of India are densely populated and cheap labour available.
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