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Outer Ring Road, New Delhi
The Outer Ring Road is a 6-lane ring road that encircles the city of Delhi. It has three lanes in each direction, with a total length of 47 km. Although it used to have traffic lights and at-grade intersections, mushrooming interchanges have reduced the number of lights to just two, and traffic now flows much more smoothly. Several stretches of the Outer Ring Road have been notified as National Highways. Delhi features two ring roads, a main one and an outer one. The two ring roads have a combined length of 87 km. Junctions Outer Ring Road features 14 junctions. In no particular order, they are: *NH 8/Subruto Park, *Vasant Kunj/Munirka/ R.K. Puram, * IIT Gate (flyover), *Khel Gaon Marg (flyover), near Malviya Nagar and Panchsheel Colony *Madan Gir/Chirag Delhi (flyover)/Andrews Ganj, * Kalkaji/Nehru Place (flyover), *Modi Mill (flyover), *Okhla, *ISBT (flyover), *Majnu Ka Tilla, *Majra Burari, *Azad Pur/Jahingir Pur, *Rohini, *Peera Garhi, *Sundar V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with both the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part of the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighbouring states, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The foundation stone of New Delhi was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway (India)
The National highways in India are a network of trunk roads owned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. National highways have flyover access or some controlled-access, where entrance and exit is through the side of the flyover, at each intersection of highways flyovers are provided to bypass the city/town/village traffic and these highways are designed for speed of 100 km/hr. Some national highways have interchanges in between but they don't have total controlled-access throughout the highways. It is constructed and managed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), and the public works departments (PWD) of state governments. Currently, the longest National Highway in India is National Highway 44 at 4,112 km (2,555 mi). The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) are the nodal agencies re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Ring Road, New Delhi
The Inner Ring Road refers to one of the two main ring roads, the main inner one and an outer one in Delhi, India. The two ring roads have a combined length of . There are two less significant Ring Roads in Delhi apart from the above two, namely the Rural Ring Road, that runs across the rural areas on the fringe of North West Delhi and West Delhi Ring Road, limited only to the West Delhi region. Delhi's Inner Ring Road covers {{convert, 55, km, 0, abbr=on and is signal-free except for a small number of crossings. The road features three lanes in each direction and is currently being widened to four lanes in each direction. It features a few flyover links to the Delhi Outer Ring Road. The AIIMS-Naraina stretch is in the process of being made signal-free. Areas on Inner Ring Road * Shalimar Bagh * Ashok Vihar * Keshav Puram/ WazirPur DTC Bus Station/Depot * Shakurpur Telephone Exchange * Britannia * Punjabi Bagh * ESI - Basaidarapur * Raja Garden * Rajouri Garden * Kirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikaspuri
Vikaspuri is an MIG residential area in West Delhi, India. It is home to a few notable figures. Notable people * Virat Kohli, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team * Daler Mehndi, singer * Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer * Millind Gaba, singer * Aastha Gill, singer * See also * South West Delhi * West Delhi West Delhi is one of the 11 administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Patel Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Punjabi Bagh. West Delhi is bound by th ... References {{Neighborhoods of Delhi Cities and towns in West Delhi district West Delhi district Delhi Legislative Assembly Neighbourhoods in Delhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majnu Ka Tilla
Majnu-ka-tilla (MT) is a colony in Delhi, India that was established around 1950. Majnu-ka-tilla is officially called New Aruna Nagar Colony, Chungtown, and Samyeling. It is part of North Delhi district and is located at the bank of the Yamuna River (NH-1) near ISBT Kashmiri Gate. History The historic name of the area, literally means ''the hillock of Majnu'', after the ''tilla'' or mound where during the reign of Sikandar Lodhi (r. 1489–1517) on Delhi Sultanate, a local Iranian Sufi mystic Abdulla, nicknamed Majnu (lost in love), met Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji on 20 July 1505. Majnu ferried people across the Yamuna river for free as a service to God, his devotion resulted in the guru Ji staying here till the end of July. In later history, Sikh military leader Baghel Singh Dhaliwal built the Majnu ka Tila Gurudwara to commemorate the stay in 1783, and the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Har Gobind also stayed here. Today it is one of oldest extant Sikh shrines in Delhi and the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehru Place
Nehru Place is a large commercial center in Delhi, India. Although its importance as a financial center has declined in recent years, Nehru Place is still a prominent commercial area in South Delhi and houses the headquarters of several Indian firms and rivals with other financial centers in the metropolis like Connaught Place, New Delhi, Connaught Place, Bhikaji Cama Place and Rajendra Place. It had been listed as a notorious market in 2009 and 2010 by the USTR for selling counterfeit software, media and goods. Location and accessibility Nehru Place is accessible by all forms of public transport, as it lies next to the Outer Ring Road, an arc that encompasses major parts of South Delhi. In addition, bus services are very frequent, usually once every five to eight minutes. Private taxis are also available, as well as paid parking for cars and motorcycles. The famous Lotus Temple of the Baháʼí Faith is also located close by. Now Nehru place is accessible by Delhi Metro. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malviya Nagar (New Delhi)
Malviya Nagar is an affluent residential locality in South Delhi with property prices over 17,000 per sqft. It known for its huge market which has various upscale restaurants and shops. It is between Saket and Hauz Khas and close to IIT Delhi. It is named after the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya who was also an educator and founded Banaras Hindu University. Malviya Nagar was initially populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India. A large portion of the population were ethnic Rajasthani, U.P., Haryanvi, Punjabis and Sindhis, as well as Afghan refugees who arrived during the Soviet–Afghan War in 1971. Today, Malviya Nagar is bounded by Panchsheel Enclave in the north, Sheikh Sarai in the east, Saket in the south and Sarvapriya Vihar in the west. Enclaves that are part of Malviya Nagar include Geetanjali Enclave, Bhavishya Nidhi Enclave, Shivalik colony, Sarvodaya Enclave, MMTC Colony and Adchini. It is serviced by the Malviya Nagar st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IIT Flyover
The IIT Flyover is the flyover from Sarvpriya Vihar to the IIT Delhi main gate in South Delhi, India. It is an important junction in Delhi's Outer Ring Road. The 620 route bus depot is located at one end of the flyover before the IIT Gate. The Pansheel Flyover is close to the IIT Flyover.Anubhuti Vishnoi7 months on, problems pile up for Panchsheel flyover ''Express India'', 5 July 2005. The signal below the flyover is referred to as the IIT Signal and the road below the flyover is the Sri Aurobindo Marg Sri Aurobindo Marg or Aurobindo Marg, is an important South Delhi north-south arterial road connecting historic Safdarjung's Tomb to Qutab Minar. The road is named for Sri Aurobindo Ghosh; the Delhi campus of Sri Aurobindo Ashram is located on .... References Roads in Delhi Bridges in Delhi Road interchanges in India Year of establishment missing {{India-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munirka
Munirka is now an urban village in South West Delhi, located near Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi campuses. Originally it was a jat and brahmins village of Tokas, Rathi and mudgal Gotra. Munirka villager's land was acquired by the government on which now exists RK Puram, JNU and parts of Vasant Kunj. Its neighborhood consists of the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on the south, Vasant vihar on the northwest, RK Puram on the northern side and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi campus and Ber Sarai on south-eastern front. The outer ring road forms the north to the east boundary of this and also making it accessible. This is near flyover. The notification for the urbanisation of Munirka was issued in March 1954, making it one of the earliest villages to be urbanised. The nearest metro station is Munirka. Migrants and population Munirka has always been home to a large number of migrants. It has a very high population density for a sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasant Kunj
Vasant Kunj is a posh neighbourhood located in South West Delhi district, Delhi, India. Its nearest Metro Station is Vasant Vihar metro station. The area is home to several prominent personalities, one being the former prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, but also well-known members of the international ESD ExpertNet. The locality is also very close to Indira Gandhi International Airport and the commercial hub of Gurgaon. In the early '90s, Vasant Kunj was the agriculture-based land of Kishangarh Village. Locality Vasant Kunj was once farmland and was acquired by the government in the 1960s. The areas surrounding Vasant Kunj consist of farmland and the area is famous for palatial farmhouses. The locality is surrounded by greenery, with the South-Central Ridge of the Delhi Ridge encompassing the area and this forest is called Sanjay Van. The other residential areas in proximity are Chattarpur, Saket, Malviya Nagar, Mahipalpur, Lado Sarai, Ber Sarai, and Neb Sarai. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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