Indira Nagar, Srinagar

Indira Nagar is a residential area in the Indian city of Srinagar in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It used to be a lake[2] 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 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 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Where is Srinagar?". Mapsifindia.com. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  2. ↑ "Indra Nagar Lake-Google Maps".
  3. ↑ "Pincode of Indira Nagar Sonwar Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir". Pincodes.info. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Mohammad Ashraf Mir Won | Sonawar Live Election Results 2014, Jk Elections Results, Jk Election News". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 2016-11-18.


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