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Okhla is an urban neighbourhood located near the Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority or NOIDA .
The Okhla Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. The Okhla assembly constituency is a part of East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) . Okhla Assembly includes Madanpur Khadar village , Khizrabad village , Jasola village, Aali village and Taimoor Nagar.
Okhla landfill is a dumping ground in Okhla, Delhi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Spread across an area of 40 acres, the site was commissioned in 1996 for the use of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). Of the 3,500 tonnes of waste collected by SDMC everyday, 1,200 tonnes were being dumped in the Okhla Landfill despite the site was declared exhausted in 2010.
The Okhla barrage (Okhla Weir and Okhla bridge) [2] is a 791 meters [1] or roughly 800-yard long weir across Yamuna River opened in 1874. It also serves as the location of Okhla Bird Sanctuary today. It is situated 10 km to the south of New Delhi and downstream of Nizamuddin bridge at Okhla, where Agra canal originates from it. [3]
Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary at the Okhla barrage over Yamuna River. It is situated in Noida , Gautam Buddh Nagar district , on Delhi - Uttar Pradesh state border and known as a haven for over 300 bird species, especially waterbirds. [ 1 ]
Okhla Vihar is a ten-minute drive from the business hubs Nehru Place. Nearby popular locations are River Yamuna, Escorts Hospital, Jamia Millia Islamia University, and Holy Family Hospital. [ clarification needed ] Rickshaws, e-rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, cabs, and taxis are the main forms of public transport.
Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (ISO: Navīna Ōkhalā Audyōgika Vikāsa Prādhikaraṇa), [5] is a city [6] located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region.
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