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Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km 2 area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state. [ 1][ 2] Biodiversity significance of Ridge lies in its merger with Indo-Gangetic plains, [ 3] as it is the part ...
Delhi Ridge. Coordinates: 28.616°N 77.169°E. Forest area of Delhi Ridge. Delhi Ridge, sometimes simply called The Ridge, is a ridge in the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. [ 1] It is a northern extension of the ancient Aravalli Range, some 1.5 billion years old (by comparison ...
This is a list of parks in Delhi. Delhi includes the areas of New Delhi , Faridabad , Gurgaon , Noida and Ghaziabad . Many of them are maintained by the Delhi Development Authority while some parks such as Sunder Nursery and Park is run through a public-private partnership model.
In 2010, the year of the WHO survey, the average PM 10 level in Delhi was 286 μg/m 3. In 2013, the PM 2.5 level was 153 μg/m 3. These levels are considered very unhealthy. In Gwalior, the city with the worst air quality in India, the PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels were 329 μg/m 3 and 144 μg/m 3 respectively.
The Deer Park along with the connected District Park (that houses the Hauz Khas lake) and adjacent Rose Garden (accessible from IIT Delhi and Safdarjung Development Area) make up one of the largest green areas in New Delhi and are collectively called "the lungs of Delhi" because they provide fresh air in the otherwise polluted hustling bustling mega metropolitan Delhi. [3]
The Delhi Eye transportable Ferris wheel installation [2] at Kalindi Kunj Park in the Okhla neighbourhood of Delhi, India, opened to the public in October 2014. [3]The wheel can carry six passengers, from which Akshardham Temple, Humayun's Tomb, Lotus Temple, Qutb Minar and Red Fort are visible on a clear day.
The National Capital Region (NCR) and its planning board were created under the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985. [1] That 1985 Act defined the NCR as being the whole of Delhi; the Haryana districts of Gurgaon (then including the Nuh district), Faridabad and Sonipat, Rohtak (then including Jhajjar tehsil) and the Rewari tehsil then in Mahendragarh district; and the Uttar ...
Contents. Sunder Nursery. Sunder Nursery, formerly called Azim Bagh or Bagh-e-Azeem, is a 16th-century heritage park complex adjacent to the Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi. [ 1 ] Originally known as Azim Bagh and built by the Mughals in the 16th century, it lies on the Mughal-era Grand Trunk Road, and is spread over 90 ...