New Delhi

New Delhi (Hindi: नईदिल्ली, Urdu: دہلی or دلّی) is the Capitale of the India, on the Yamuna. It counts nearly 295.000 inhabitants, it is one of the three municipalities (with Delhi and Delhi Cantonment) of the Capital National Territory off Delhi (own Territory capital of Delhi) which counts more than 15 million inhabitants, which makes the second agglomeration of the country of it after Mumbai and before Kolkatta.

New Delhi is an urban sector in the metropolis of Delhi, and the capital city of the Republic of the India, as well as the seat of the government of the territory of national capital of Delhi. New Delhi is governed by its own municipal government, known under the name of Municipal council of New Delhi. Other urban sectors of the metropolis of Delhi are managed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi and are not consequently considered part of the capital city. However, the whole metropolis of Delhi is generally known like New Delhi contrary to the Delhi old man.

Origin of the Name

The origin of its name is not certain, an assumption would make it come from Dehli , " porte" , another of the Râja Dilli or Dilhu, the founder of Indraprashta , one of the agglomerations preceding the city current and dating from first century BC. One thus counts sixteen foundations proven by excavations, whereas the tradition credits only seven with them, oldest dating from seventh century BC and traditionally associated with the Pândava of the Mahâbhârata.

Certain villages of the plain are thus developed by leaders who transport their court and administration there, giving up the old establishment with the profit of a new more practical not very remote zone, with new constructions, as do it Tughlûq Shâh with Tughlûqâbâd , Shâh Jahân with Shâhjahânâbad , what is called Old Delhi today, with the Fort Red and the Jami Masjid, its disorder of lanes, capital of the Moslem India between the XII {{E}} and the 19th century. The British decided at the beginning of the 20th century to build there the new capital of the British Empire of the Indies to replace Calcutta. They entrusted to the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) the design and the control of work of this new city which was called New Delhi . Built on a triangular level, with three main roads connecting Connaught Places, India Gate and Raj Bhavan (palate of the viceroys), it shelters beautiful public gardens, the official buildings of the government and the diplomatic representations. New Delhi is more wide that the town of London. The city and its zone are made up in territory.

Geography

Delhi is located at 28°40' NR 77°14' E, and is located in Scandinavian India. It frames the Indian state of uttar pradesh on the south and Haryana on the west. Delhi can be divided into three principal geographical areas: the plain of flood of Yamunâ, the edge of Delhi and plains of Gangetic. The plains low-liars of flood of Yamunâ provide the suitable fertile alluvial ground for agriculture. However, these plains are inclined with the recurring floods. The attack until a size of 318 m (ft) 1043, edge forms the device of domination in this area. It comes from the chain of Aravalli of the south and encircles the west, the North-East and the parts of the North-West of the city. The large plains of Gangetic are located in the south of the city and cover the major part of Delhi. Yamunâ, a river crowned in the hindouism, is the only principal river crossing Delhi. The major part of the city, including New Delhi, is in the west of the river. At the east of the river the urban sector of Shahdara is. Delhi falls under the seismic zone, making it vulnerable to the earthquakes.

Climate

Delhi has a climate of semi-finale-arid with the variation raised between the summer and the temperatures of winter. The summers are long, as from at the beginning of April at October, with the season of monsoon in the interval. During the season of summer, the extreme faces much of people of power of city and water shortages. die each year due to the winter of heat wave. from summer begins in November and peaks in January. Delhi is notorious for its heavy fog during the season of winter. In December, the reduced visibility leads to the rupture of the road, air and the extreme room temperature of the rail traffic. °C? 0.6 (°F 30.9) with the °C 47 (116.6 °F). [24] the annual average temperature is the °C 25 (°F 77); the monthly average room temperature of the °C 14 with the °C 33 (°F 58 to 92 °F). the annual pluviometric average is roughly 714 millimetres (28.1 inches), which takes place during monsoons in July and August. the average date of the arrival of the winds of monsoon in Delhi east 29 June.

Economy

Like all the big cities of Asia, New Delhi attracts many foreign investor by the cost of the labor which is low compared to the Western countries.

Demography

Culture

New Delhi shelters several buildings of the government and residences official réminiscents of British colonial architecture. The important structures include the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Secretariat, Rajpath, the Parlement of India and the Vijay Chowk. The association of Delhi and the geographical proximity of the capital, New Delhi, amplified the importance of the events and the holidays nationals. National events such as the day of the Republic, the day of Independence and Gandhi Jayanti (the birthday of Gandhi) are celebrated with great enthusiasm in Delhi. The day of the Independence of India (August 15th), the Prime Minister of India addresses to the nation Fort Red. The majority of Delhiites celebrate the day while making fly of the kites, which are considered a symbol of freedom. The procession of the day of the Republic, on January 26th, the day when the India became a republic, is a large cultural procession and soldier presenting cultural diversity and the military capacity. [60 soldier of India] the religious festivals include Diwali (the festival of the light), Durga Puja, Holi, Lohri, Maha Shivaratri, UL-Fitr d' Eid, UL-Adha and Bouddha Jayanti. of Eid the festival of Qutub is a cultural event during which perfomances musicians and dancers everywhere in India are presented the night, with Qutub Minar like selected context of the event. other events such as the festival of kite, mango international festival and Vasant Panchami (the festival of spring) are held each year in Delhi.

New Delhi counts three principal universities, of very good reputation and with the increasingly international radiation:

  • Delhi University, in the North of the city, largest
  • Jamia Milia Islamia, in the East of the city, laic university creates by Indian Moslem intelligentsia at the beginning of the 20th century.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), most recent, located in the South of Delhi, centers intellectual of national and international fame.

Tourism

Many monuments:
  • the complex of the Qûtb Minâr (towards 1229): remarkable buildings of style “indo-Moslem” of the XIII {{E}} 16th century as well as an iron column, success of the Indian metallurgists of the 4th century, always virgin of corrosion,
  • the Strong red, 1639-1647
  • the Jama Masjid (Delhi) or Large Mosque, 1644-1658
  • the Door of India
  • the Tomb of Humâyûn, about 1564, the prototype of the mausoleums of architecture moghole,

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Transport

Public transport with New Delhi is provided by buses, rickshaws automatic, a fast transport system, taxis and the suburban railroads or the subway…

Bus

The buses are the most popular means of transport supplying approximately to 60% of all the request. that the company of State of transport of Delhi (DTC) is an important service provider of bus for the city. The shipping company of Delhi actuates many routes not only in Delhi, but also much of routes of inter-states. The buses of mofussil actuate 34 deposits around and the buses of a state with another function starting from the three termini of bus inter state in the door of Kashmere, the curly kale Khan de Sarai and Anand Vihar. The services of shipping company of Delhi with New Delhi has the enormously distributed network of the services of bus. It connects almost each part of Delhi to this network of the buses. More in front of the latter which are Mudrika and Bahri Mudrika maintain to connect together all the parts of the city with a great frequency of the buses until roughly 10:30 TOKEN ENTRY DTC helped the subway of Delhi to better connect the town of Delhi by actuating new routes of bus connecting of the commuters in the sectors surrounding the subway stations for a better experiment of city.

Subway

The subway of Delhi, actuated by the system of subway of class of the world of Delhi Metro Rail Limited Corporation was instituted in New Delhi. In order to satisfy the transport demand in Delhi, the government of state and trade unions began the construction of a fast transport system of mass, including Delhi Metro. in date of 2007, the subway actuates three lines with an overall length of 65 kilometers (40 miles) and 59 stations while several other lines are under construction.

Taxi and Rickshaw

The automatic rickshaw are one of the most popular means of the public transport in Delhi. Running on gas, they respect the environment. They are usually green and yellow. A turn of rickshaw costs usually Rs. 50. The taxis are not as widespread in New Delhi as the rickshaws. The taxis, blacks and yellows, are more expensive, but contain inevitably more luggage and passengers. The private vehicles constitute 30% of all the transport demand. Be 1922.32 kilometers length of road by 100 km ², Delhi has one of the highest densities of road of India. Delhi is well connected to other areas of India by five trunk roads: NH 1,2,8,10 and 24. Roads with New Delhi are maintained by MCD, NDMC, panel of Quartering of Delhi, department of public works (PWD) and the authority of development. The high growth rate of the population of Delhi, coupled with the high rate of economic growth had like consequence an always increasing request of transport creating the excessive pressure on the existing transport infrastructure of the city. The city faces acute problems of management of driving transport to atmospheric pollution, the congestion and the loss resulting from productivity. In 1998, the supreme court of India ordered all the joint freight vehicles to employ compressed natural gas (CNG) like fuel instead of the diesel and other hydro-fuels. The DTC now actuates the largest fleet of the world of CNG favorable to the environment. Although the pollution of road transport decreased these last years, it is always of an high level.

The railroads took part only in 1% of the local traffic until 2003, however Delhi is an important junction in the chart of rail of India and shelters the head offices of the Scandinavian railroad. The four main stations are old Delhi, parks of Nizamuddin, Sarai Rohilla and international airport of the railroad Station. The airport Indira Gandhi de New Delhi (IGI) is located in the south-west of Delhi and is used for domestic and international connections. In 2005-06, the airport of IGI recorded a traffic of more than 8.5 million passengers, by doing one of the most attended airports of South Asia. The airport of Safdarjung is the other ground in Delhi used for the civil aviation.

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