New Chandigarh is a new planned smart city near Mullanpur in the Mohali district (SAS Nagar) in

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. It has been designed as an extension of the city of

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

. It is developed by the

Greater Mohali Area Development Authority Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, shortly known as GMADA, is state development authority of Punjab State, India. Chief minister of Punjab is its chairman. GMADA has three functioning committees: executive committee, planning and design c ...

. A digital land survey was started by using a

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on 26 April 2018 and was completed on 24 June 2018. Initial Master of city is divided in sectors numbering 1 to 21.

Eco City

Eco City I and Eco City II are the residential townships in New Chandigarh, spread over 806 acres in the foothills of the

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.The approved master plan for New Chandigarh Mullanpur Local Planning Area includes several special development control regulations such as a no-development zone, special-use zone and building height control measures, in addition to the common development control parameters applicable to the whole Greater Mohali area, under which Mullanpur falls.

Education City

The Education city of New Chandigarh is spread over 1700 acres and was developed to have campuses of universities and educational institutes. Institute of Technology and Future Trends College is located at Sector 11 of New Chandigarh.

Medi City

Medicity of New Chandigarh has 100 bed

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's Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre which is spread over 50 acres. Stem Cell Centre is also under construction. There is a plan of

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, established in 2021, is a full-fledged tertiary Government Medical college and hospital. This college is located at SAS Nagar, Mohali, in Punjab. The college offers the degree of Bachelor of M ...

connected to Civil Hospital of Phase VI, Mohali. Some Organic Farms are also located in the city.

Omaxe Township

The Project New Chandigarh also introduced the private housing companies apart from the public residential area under GMADA. The Omaxe and DLF are the main private housing societies. The Omaxe township is more developed than DLF.

Tourism

The Oberoi Sukhvilas Resort & Spa is a 5 star luxury resort located at Palanpur village near New Chandigarh. Shaheed Dr. Diwan Singh Kalepani Museum is also located nearby. Siswan forest range is a major

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area which consists Leopard safari and forest trek. There are theatre plays in the city.

Sports

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qualifier ''Shivalik Signature 2018'', a long cycling race event was held in New Chandigarh. Also there is 38000 capacity

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Mullanpur Garibdass, Mullanpur, Mohali, Punjab, India, Punjab. In March 2010, the Punjab Cricket Association announced that Mullanpur Garibdass, Mullanpur village of ...

under construction.

Connectivity

New Chandigarh is going to be connected to

Chandigarh Airport Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport is a civil enclave customs airport serving the city of Chandigarh. The airport is located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab. The airport caters to six domestic airlines and connects Chandig ...

via airport road through Sunny Enclave, Kharar in the future This four lane road will connect the city with Mohali.

The Lake

There is plan for artificial lake on the lines of Sukhna Lake for natural flow of rivulet in the city.

References

External links

New Chandigarh on Google Maps

Official website

New Chandigarh Omaxe the lake
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