The Durgapur Barrage on the Damodar River is one of the large-scale engineering projects that defined the city's founding era. The DVC (Damodar Valley Corporation) dam controls flooding and provides irrigation water across West Bengal, and the barrage itself forms an attractive point of access to the river. The riverbank near the barrage is one of Durgapur's better outdoor spaces — locals come here for evening walks, and the view across the water to the far bank is pleasant.
This isn't a tourist attraction in any formal sense, but it gives some context for the industrial and engineering ambitions that created Durgapur. The road out from the city centre passes through residential townships that still carry the names of the steel plant zones. Allow about half an hour for the barrage itself.