Roop Nagar is a residential district in
Delhi
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, India. It is close to the
Delhi metro
The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colou ...
station
Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station and the
GTB Nagar Metro Station
The Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Metro Station is located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro in Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar (Kingsway Camp).
Station layout
Connections
Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 7, 26, 61, 78STL, 100, 101A, ...
. It is next to the Kamla Nagar market of
North Delhi
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and the
Delhi University
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, North Campus.
Roop Nagar includes a
police station
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,
fire station
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, four government
secondary schools, and seven parks. It contains the Manka-Meshwari
temple
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, a Lordess
Durga
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Durga's legend centres around c ...
temple. Other temples include the Radha-Gobind temple and a
Digambar Jain temple along with an
upasharay.
References
Delhi Road Guide (Colliers International).
Neighbourhoods in Delhi
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