Delhi and Haryana Chief Ministers Inaugurated Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway

The much awaited Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway connecting Delhi and Haryana was inaugurated by Smt Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi and Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana. The function was presided over by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRT&H), Government of India in the presence of Shri R P N Singh - Minister of State MoRT&H, Shri Ramesh Kumar - Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from South Delhi, Shri Avtar Singh Bhadana – Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Faridabad, Shri R.S. Gujral – Secretary, MoRT&H, Shri Brijeshwar Singh - Chairman of National Highways Authority of India and Shri Ajit Gulabchand - Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC). The elevated highway has been completed nearly a month ahead of its stipulated date of December 22, 2010.

The Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway, popularly known as the Badarpur Elevated Highway Project was commissioned by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and has been designed, engineered and constructed by the HCC Group with an investment of nearly Rs.600 crore. The project will significantly improve travel time by over 40 minutes (with large fuel savings) between the rapidly developing city of Faridabad and Delhi, and will serve as a boon to both residents and interstate traffic alike, on the Delhi-Faridabad-Mathura-Agra route (National Highway 2).

“HCC is committed to delivering responsible infrastructure to the country. I congratulate my team of engineers who has completed this project ahead of schedule despite numerous challenges. Equally importantly, the water conservation and ground water recharge initiatives undertaken in this project make it one of the first water positive infrastructure facilities in the country”, said Mr Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC.

Mr Brijeshwar Singh, Chairman, NHAI said, “We are happy about the early completion of this Public Private Partnership, which is another commendable project to HCC’s credit. The elevated highway will offer immense respite to the commuters between Delhi and Haryana and will also play a significant role in the development of Faridabad as a commercial hub”.

In this project the commuters shall be able to use the facility of daily pass and monthly pass which will allow commuters of the Delhi Faridabad Elevated Highway uninterrupted travel without the ordeal of paying toll multiple times in a day thereby saving additional time and fuel cost. The details of the single entry fee, multiple entry fee and monthly passes are presented in the table below:



The National Highways Authority of India was constituted by an act of Parliament, the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. The Authority was operationalised in February, 1995 It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways entrusted to it and for matters connected or incidental thereto.. Out of total 70548 Km length of National Highways in the country, 54464 Km is under National Highway Development Programme under various phases. NHAI is implementing NHDP in 49253 Km length out of which 14436 Km has already been completed. The length of 8903 Km is under improvement.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor starts dealership in Faridabad

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has opened its first dealership 'Thirty Six Toyota' here. The new outlet provides service, sales, financing and insurance facilities. This store will be accessible for the customers in Faridabad and neighboring areas. It is spread over a total area of 90000 sq ft. It will have 19 general service bays, 16 body and paint bays and 1 paint booth.

Mr Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director, marketing, TKM, said, “This is our first dealership in Faridabad. So far we catered to the customers in Faridabad with our dealerships in the NCR region. With the increasing demand and the sale of Etios, setting up a dealership in Faridabad is essential. With this, we aim to serve our customers better through greater accessibility.”

Badarpur jams may ease soon

Commuters getting stuck in jams at the Badarpur border crossing can expect a smooth ride from September-end. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said the elevated stretch will be opened to traffic heading from Ashram to Faridabad on September 15. Subsequently, traffic heading from Faridabad to Delhi will be allowed on the second carriageway from September 25.

Sources said traffic diversions are in place to complete the remaining work on the road under the flyover. Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), developer of this 4-km elevated corridor, has set October 1 as the deadline for making the entire project operational. "But initially, traffic heading towards Faridabad will be allowed on the right carriageway. From September 25 it will be shifted to the left carriageway,'' said a senior NHAI official.

He added that the traffic diversion plan will be put in place well ahead if this gets implemented to help guide commuters. "Traffic from Delhi to Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Jaitpur Road, Sarai bypass, Sector 37 will move on the left side on the ground road while traffic from Haryana to MB Road or Ashram will move on the right side on the ground road,'' the official said. From September 25, however, commuters heading from Ashram to MB Road, Sarai bypass, Sector 37 and beyond will be diverted to the left elevated carriageway and those heading from Haryana towards MB Road and Delhi will be diverted to the right elevated carriageway.

NHAI officials said though the official deadline of the project was December, the construction company has been able to complete work in record time. "Since major works are likely to be completed by October 1, there are chances of allowing the contractor to collect toll tax from that date. But we have not yet given the go-ahead,'' said a senior NHAI official.

The toll tax per trip per vehicle has already been fixed. Cars and jeeps will have to shell out Rs 20, light commercial vehicles need to pay Rs 30 and for buses and trucks one trip will cost Rs 60.

67 Faridabad unauthorised colonies to be regularised

The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) on Tuesday passed a resolution for regularisation of 67 unauthorised colonies in Faridabad. The 35-member House met this afternoon and besides many other issues deliberated on the issue of unauthorised colonies. Amid the din, the resolution for regularisation of the 67 unauthorised colonies was passed with almost all the corporators describing it as "a landmark step for overall development of Faridabad". This was the second time such a resolution was passed.

Last year, a resolution for regularisation of 77 unauthorised colonies was passed and sent to the state government for approval. But, officials said, the proposal was returned with some objections, forcing the civic agency to make fresh survey.

The proposal for regularisation of 67 unauthorized colonies will now be forwarded to the state government through Gurgaon divisional commissioner for final approval.

"Some unauthorised colonies form part of my ward, which I represent. The clearing of a regularisation proposal will certainly make life in these colonies worth living," said Rajinder Bamla, Corporator of Ward number four.

Hooda plans Metro rail between Faridabad and Gurgaon

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said he had a plan to connect Faridabad and Gurgaon with Metro rail to facilitate the people of the area.

Mr Hooda, who was addressing a public meeting at Faridabad yesterday, said the state government has already paved the way to connect Delhi with Faridabad upto YMCA through metro rail and it would be extended upto Ballabhgarh.

He said the state government was committed for allround development of Faridabad and after five years, Faridabad would be a leading industrial city of the country.

He said NIT Faridabad was set up by first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and the state saw a lot of progress during the Congress regimes.

Bill payment goes online in Faridabad, Gurgaon

Now on, electricity consumers in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hissar need not run from one office to the next for paying electricity bills. They can now pay their bills sitting at home, through the internet, as the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) launched the online facility for payment of electricity bills on Monday.

"The facility has been made available through DHBVN's website www.dhbvn.com to about six lakh consumers in 18 urban sub-divisions of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hissar," DHBVN spokesman DP Dull said.

Haryana Minister for Power, Mahendra Pratap Singh, launched the facility, along with Sudhir Rajpal, managing director, DHBVN, Parveen Kumar, deputy commissioner, Faridabad on Monday.

Depending upon the choice of the bank, the website redirects consumers to the concerned bank website for completing the transaction, Dull explained. The payment can be made through internet banking, credit card and debit card through 27 banks.

Speaking on the occasion, Mahender Partap Singh said, “Haryana is predominantly an agricultural state and industries are also growing at a fast pace. Electricity is the lifeline for both of the sectors.”

While addressing the gathering, Sudhir Rajpal, managing director, DHBVN said information about bills for all consumers will also be provided on the website.

The DHBVN spokesman further informed that the facility for spot billing has been started in many towns in Haryana. He said the facility will be extended in a phased manner.

Under this facility, members belonging to the ex-services league and DHBVN officials take metre readings and generate bill on the spot.

Haryana approves funds for Metro to Faridabad

Haryana government on Monday approved a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,588.6 crore for the extension of Delhi Metro to Faridabad. The new Metro link from Badarpur to YMCA Chowk will hugely benefit residents of the NCR city and work is expected to start in a couple of months.

The financial approval came at a meeting chaired by chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. A government spokesperson said the total cost of the 13.8-km Metro project has been estimated at Rs 2,533 crore, of which the Centre will bear Rs 544.4 crore. The CM claimed the project is stipulated to take off in October this year and will be completed by March 31, 2013. "It will take at least three years to complete the project after work starts on ground. We are not taking any more work ahead of the Commonwealth Games,'' said a DMRC official.

Haryana government had approved Metro connectivity to Faridabad in March 2007. The project was subsequently approved by DMRC in December 2007 but was waiting clearance from the Delhi government and Centre.

This elevated stretch an extension of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line of Delhi Metro will have nine stations up to YMCA Chowk. The Metro line up to Badarpur is likely to become operational by October.

Faridabad will be the last mega city in NCR to get Metro connectivity. While the Metro has already reached Noida and Gurgaon, it will extend up to Ghaziabad next year. Meanwhile, Haryana government has already announced to extend the Metro link to Ballabhgarh. Last year, Central government had set up a three-member committee to facilitate the extension of Delhi Metro to Faridabad and Bahadurgarh.

Work starts on highway to Faridabad

By May 2011, people will be able to zoom past on the four lane 24.3 Gurgaon-Faridabad road. The work on the widening of the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road from the existing two lanes to 4 lanes has begun. To be a tolled road, for which about 6,800 trees along the 12 km Gurgaon-Faridabad Road have been chopped off in the Faridabad stretch, 2,600 more trees on the Gurgaon side are to be felled by the Haryana Forest Development Corporation for the work from Gurgaon side to begin.

Reliance Infrastructure had bagged this BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) project of four laning of the highway along with the widening and strengthening of Ballabhgarh-Sohna road with concession period 17 years at Rs 780 crore.

It was the first of its kind road project on BOT basis undertaken by the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department of the Haryana government.

For improvement or up gradation, both bituminous and concrete pavements, would be provided. In addition, some links of the roads like MCF road, crusher zone road and Pali Bakhri road will be improved as a part of scope of work. The total length of roads covered under the project would be 66 km.

Even though it would be a toll road, certain categories of vehicles would be exempted from payment of toll. These vehicles include two wheelers, tractor trolley carrying agricultural produce, defense vehicles, ambulances and funeral vans, police vehicles, fire-fighting vehicles, etc.

Plots in Faridabad, Property in Faridabad

Faridabad can be well understood from the fact that more than 50% of Haryana's income is contributed by Faridabad. Faridabad has many HUDA Plots and institutional sites that have been allotted for Religious, Social and Educational Purposes.With real estate developing at a rapid pace in the surrounding areas of NCR, Faridabad is too experiencing a considerable growth in this sector. The rise in demand for residential sector has increased.

Faridabad is designated as a High Potential Zone owing to the fact that it is one of the important revenue generating towns of Haryana. As far as Residential Plots in Faridabad is concerned, HUDA Allotment Plots takes place in a very systematic manner.

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The Wonderful Places to See in Faridabad

The impressive religious monuments and temples that can be seen even from a far distance, beautiful resort lake and golf course are some of the major places of excursions that can be found in the city of Faridabad. Visit them to see what the city has to offer.

The famous city of Faridabad is truly a wonderful place for excursion. This city has accessible transportation means because of its close proximity to the northern capital region. It has numerous alluring monuments and temples built with unique architectural style and intricate carvings. It is also home to beautiful holiday resorts and golf course.

Aside from the places of interest located in the city like Bhadkal Lake, Dabchik, Raja Nahar Singh Palace, and Suraj Kund, one can visit the places of excursions around Faridabad.

Thus one place to visit during tour is Agra. It has a distance of 200 kilometers from Delhi. The city can be reached through conducted tours from Delhi. It is also accessible by means of state transport buses that ply from Delhi.

In Agra, one can see the Taj Mahal Monument famous not only in India but also in the whole world. Shah Jahanwas the builder of this impressive monument. He built it for love to his wife Queen Mumtaz Mahal.

This monument is designed and patterned according to Mughal architecture along with fine and delicate carvings. The entire structure of the monument is done with white marble. It is even surrounded by garden sand fountains.

There is also a grand elegant monument located south of Ito, known as the Ambrosial Akshardham Temple. This temple closely lies on the banks of river Yamuna.

Akshardham in Hindu is referred as the divine and eternal abode of the supreme God. It also means haunt of eternal virtues and values of “Akshar.”

The structure of the temple is constructed and managed by HDH Primacy Swami Maharaj of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha. The temple is beautifully built with matrix of marble and red sandstone. It has also many admirable sculptures with ornamented periphery.

Here at Akshardham, one can experience divinity along with breathtaking grandeur, modern exquisite beauty of the temple. Religious poetry is also offered in this place.

Another excursion destination would be the Fatehpur Sohna Lake. It is a beautiful health cum holiday resort. It has a distance of60 kilometers from Delhi. It is perfect place to b apart from the noise and busy life of the city.

This lake derived its name from a nearby stream. Such stream has sands believed to have littered with Gold. The Hindu word “Sohna” has a meaning of gold.

Moreover, Sohna Lake is very rural and natural by night. Thus one can have a breathtaking view of the lake. The lake has also springs found at the feet of a perpendicular rock. These springs are also capped by a dome. The said spring has water containing sulfur that can disinfect skin disease.

Also, in this place, one can indulge for a relaxing spa at the spa complex located up on the rock because there are available sulfurr, sauna and steam bath facilities.

Last but not the least one must visit is the Aravalli Golf Course. This golf course is a 9-hole golf course in an area of 67 acres. It is 30 kilometers from Delhi.

Further more, the golf course is conveniently situated in Delhi-Agra Road also called National Highway No 2. And the road is found at the foothills of the Aravalli Ranges located in Faridabad, Haryana.

The golf tournament At the Aravalli Golf Course is held annually. Golfers either Amateur or veteran participate in the tournament. Membership in the golf course is available for foreign tourists as well as for Indians.

Here, you can find golfing huts, conference hall, bar and restaurant. Billiards and a club house are also provided in the place for entertainment and enjoyment.

Faridabad's Surajkund Crafts Mela comes of age

The rich heritage of incredible India was reflected to the maximum in the 24th Surajkund Crafts Mela as the visitors from all over the nation and abroad could not resist visiting this magnificent display of handlooms and handicrafts. The Surajkund Mela has come of age and has become an embodiment of various arts and crafts of not only of our country but also the nations with matching crafts and traditions.

The cultural performances which accompanied these artistic displays enlivened the atmosphere of the Mela. Their traditional music resonated in the Aravali range and enriched the entire experience of visiting the Mela. The Mela had constantly tried to revamp itself, yet it held its traditional roots firmly. Nonetheless, the

Mela this year has proved to be a huge crowd puller. The craftspersons were enthusiastic to display their art and crafts and the visitors were more than happy to buy them. The foot fall had surpassed to an unmatchable number of 5.75 lakhs in the first 13 days and it was expected to reach well above the highest number of 7.04 lakhs of last year. There was a total business of whooping 10 crores till date as compared to 7.5 crores last year and it was anticipated that this will also grow in the coming days.

The artisans were encouraged to see the crowd swelling with each passing day and they were enthusiastic to display their arts and crafts. It was heartening to see a massive crowd each day who appreciated his art and were willing to pay the desired price for it, commented Prakash Joshi of work hut number 238A, Phad artist who was a National Awardee.

The Surajkund Crafts Mela was a butt of attention amidst the foreign tourists coming to India with a record number of 30,000 foreigners visiting the fair till today. It has become a much awaited event on the Indian tourism calendar and the inbound tourists were glad to get a glimpse of `Mini India’ through this Mela. The participation of 23 States on one common platform of the Mela showcased its versatility and diversity. The ambience of the Mela was what delighted the tourists the most. One could see that each and every entry and exit gate represented the cultural heritage of one of the states of India. Gate number one or popularly known as Shekhawati Gate was designed intricately with natural colours and represented the culture of theme state Rajasthan.

Ms. Christine who had come from London expressed that this was her third visit to the Mela in five years and she tried to schedule her visit to India in February so that she could visit the Mela again and again. She also added that the ambience and a wide variety of cuisine delighted her the most besides various display of arts and crafts. The foot fall of foreigners has tripled this year and a glimpse of their appreciation could be seen in the visitor’s book at Chaupal, the open air stage.

The Mela had become a perfect blend of various crafts, culture and traditions with the increased number of participation of foreign countries. One could see 31 craftspersons from various foreign countries with their cultural troupe one each from Thailand, Tajikistan and Egypt presenting a glaring display of cultural amalgamation. It was a treat to watch the dancers of Tajikistan dancing to the tunes of Bhangra and Gidha.

The functioning and the setup of the Mela was a subject of study for delegates from Sri Lanka and Kerala who wanted to explore the possibilities of organizing a crafts Mela of similar nature.

They were amazed to see the diversity and the grandeur of the Surajkund Mela and planned to converge various Small Scale Industries, artisans, craftsmen and sculptors from all over the nation to display their products, the idea which was quite analogous to the set up of the Mela. The Mela was packed today to its capacity with more than a lakh of visitors and they were amazed to see such captivating and enthralling display of art and crafts on a common podium.

The Surajuknd Mela Authorities were leaving no stone unturned to capture the magnificence of various arts and crafts and provide best of the services to the visitors. The display of arts and crafts accentuated with cultural performances and traditional cuisine mesmerized the visitors which left a broad smile on their faces. The vibrancy of the Mela could be judged by the fact that the cultural calendar and various competitions organized for school children were suited to the very best of the Mela spirit of modern India in a very ethnic environment.

The rural feel of the Mela grounds was so much appreciated by the foreign tourists that they preferred capturing each and every moment on their cameras so as to preserve it for the memory lanes of their life. The results of the photography competition were also announced today.

The first prize was bagged by Mr. Gurmukh Singh Salh. The second prize was given to Mr. Mukesh Sharma and the third prize was fetched by Mr. Indranel Bhowed. A consolation prize was also given to Ms. Asha Singh for her captivating performance in photography.