Indira Nagar is a residential area in the city of

Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natu ...

in the

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n union territory of

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

. It used to be a

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before but now only few hundred meters of the lake is left. This area comes under the control of

Badami Bagh Badami Bagh is a cantonment town on the outskirts of Srinagar, Srinagar city in Srinagar district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. A portion of Indian army in the valley resides in the Bada ...

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along with other areas like Batwara, Shivpora and

Sonwar Bagh Sonwar Bagh, sometimes referred to as Sonwar, is a residential area in Badami Bagh Cantonment on the outskirts of Srinagar city, in Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is gradually becoming more commercial, as many schools, hotels ...

. The cantonment is responsible for maintaining the roads, street lights etc., unlike other areas of Srinagar which are maintained by Srinagar Municipal Corporation.

Kashmiri Pandit The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountainous region ...

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s and

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s live in the area. Over the years this area has been commercialised by the construction of many hotels. It is located about from the commercial hub of Kashmir

Lal Chowk Lal Chowk () is a city square in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The square was given its name by left-wing activists who were inspired by the Russian Revolution as they fought the princely state's Maharaja, Hari Singh. It has traditiona ...

. Indira Nagar is near to G.B Pant Children Hospital. The pincode is 190004. This area comes in the constituency of Sonwar, for which the MLA is Mohammad Ashraf Mir.

2014 Kashmir Flood

Indira Nagar was one of many areas of Srinagar, including Shivpora,

Jawahar Nagar Jawahar Nagar ( ta, ஜவஹர் நகர்), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Location Jawahar Nagar is located ...

Rajbagh Rajbagh is the notified area in the municipal committee of Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It comes under the Amira Kadal Constituency. Rajbagh is a posh locality in the civil line area of Srinagar. The postal code ...

, Gogji Bagh, Pandrathan, and Batwara, that were worst hit by

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. Indira Nagar was completely submerged for more than 30 days. Many houses were destroyed and damaged due to the floods but only a few were killed. The water started to enter Indira Nagar at about 4:00 am because of a breach in

Jhelum River The Jhelum River (/dʒʰeːləm/) is a river in the northern Indian subcontinent. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to the Pakistani-administered territory of Kashmir, and then ...

bund. It took it just a few hours to reach a level to completely fill more than one and a half storeys. After the floods people returned to their houses, started to clean up the mess, and returned to routine life again which was now difficult to handle.

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Hotels * Hotel The Grand Plaza * Hotel Indra * Hotel Hill View * Hotel Mountain View * Hotel Rash Residency * Hotel Akbar Inn * Hotel Rotana * Hotel Gulfam * Hotel Muskaan * Hotel Silverine * Hotel Ground Plaza * Hotel Fortune Inn * Heritage Studio Boutique guest House

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