Indira Nagar, Srinagar

Indira Nagar is a residential area in the city of Srinagar in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It used to be a lake[2] before but now only few hundred meters of the lake is left.

Indira Nagar, Srinagar
Neighbourhood
Indira Nagar, Srinagar
Coordinates: 34°4′16.56″N 74°50′38.27″E
Country India
Union territoryJammu and Kashmir
DistrictSrinagar
SettledAncient
Government
 • TypeDemocracy
 • BodyGovernment of Jammu and Kashmir
Elevation
1,559.5 m (5,116.5 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialKashmiri, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
190004
Telephone code0194
Vehicle registrationJK01

This area comes under the control of Badami Bagh Cantonment along with other areas like Batwara, Shivpora and Sonwar Bagh. The cantonment is responsible for maintaining the roads, street lights etc., unlike other areas of Srinagar which are maintained by Srinagar Municipal Corporation.

Kashmiri Pandits, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus live in the area.

Over the years this area has been commercialised by the construction of many hotels. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the commercial hub of Kashmir Lal Chowk. Indira Nagar is near to G.B Pant Children Hospital. The pincode is 190004.[3]

This area comes in the constituency of Sonwar, for which the MLA is Mohammad Ashraf Mir.[4]

2014 Kashmir Flood

Indira Nagar[5] was one of many areas of Srinagar, including Shivpora, Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh, Gogji Bagh, Pandrathan, and Batwara, that were worst hit by 2014 Kashmir floods. 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 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.

Features

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

See also

References
  1. "Where is Srinagar?". Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. "Indra Nagar Lake". www.googlemaps.com.
  3. "Pincode of Indira Nagar Sonwar Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir". Pincodes.info. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. "Mohammad Ashraf Mir Won | Sonawar Live Election Results 2014, Jk Elections Results, Jk Election News". ndtv.com. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  5. "Kashmir Floods-2014". www.ndtv.com. 8 September 2014.
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