Indira Nagar, Srinagar Explained

Indira Nagar, Srinagar
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:India Jammu and Kashmir
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates:34.0713°N 74.844°W
Elevation M:1559.5
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:Union territory
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Srinagar
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:Ancient
Unit Pref:Metric
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2]
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:190004
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:0194
Registration Plate:JK01
Leader Title2:MLA
Leader Name2:Mohammad Ashraf Mir
Leader Title3:Member of Parliament
Leader Name3:Farooq Abdullah
Government Type:Democracy
Governing Body:Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Indira Nagar is a residential area in the city of Srinagar in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[3] It used to be a lake[4] before but now only few hundred meters of the lake is left.

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 4km (02miles) from the commercial hub of Kashmir Lal Chowk. Indira Nagar is near to G.B Pant Children Hospital. The pincode is 190004.[5]

This area comes in the constituency of Sonwar, for which the MLA is Mohammad Ashraf Mir.[6]

2014 Kashmir Flood

Indira Nagar[7] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 . The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020 . 27 September 2020.
  2. News: Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 . Rising Kashmir . 23 September 2020 . 23 September 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 . dead .
  3. Web site: Where is Srinagar?. Mapsofindia.com. 2016-11-18.
  4. Web site: Indra Nagar Lake . www.googlemaps.com.
  5. Web site: Pincode of Indira Nagar Sonwar Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir . Pincodes.info . 2016-11-11 . 2016-11-18.
  6. Web site: Mohammad Ashraf Mir Won | Sonawar Live Election Results 2014, Jk Elections Results, Jk Election News . ndtv.com. 2016-11-18.
  7. Web site: Kashmir Floods-2014. 2014-09-08. www.ndtv.com.