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Jawahar Nagar is considered one of the many best residential places in Srinagar. The airport is located at a distance of 9.3 km (5.8 mi). The airport is located at a distance of 9.3 km (5.8 mi). Jawahar Nagar area was heavily damaged by the 2014 Kashmir floods , it was one of the worst affected areas due to flood.
It is one of 6 cities in Srinagar (south) block along with mohallas like Nowgam and Bagh e Mehtab. Nearby cities include Lasjan Padshai Bagh, 06.10 kilometres (3.79 mi) and Jawahar nagar 05.11 kilometres (3.18 mi) from Lal Chowk Srinagar. It is an industrial area as there are many hot mix plants, stone crusher and brick kiln.
Sonwar Bagh was one of many areas of Srinagar, including Shivpora, Jawahar Nagar, Rajbagh, Gogji Bagh, Pandrathan, and Batwara, that was worst hit by the 2014 Kashmir floods. [citation needed] Sonwar Bagh was completely submerged for 21 days. Many houses were destroyed and damaged, but only a few people were killed.
It covers an area of 15,000 acres and is home to premier educational institutions like BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Bio-Tech Park, Meditech Valley are all located here. [3] XLRI is setting up its campus here on a 75-acre plot. [4] Jawahar nagar starts from ″Ambedkar Nagar″ ends at "Balaji Nagar".
Downtown, popularly known as Shahar-e-Khaas, is the largest and the most densely populated area of the city of Srinagar in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The area is mostly located on the banks of Jhelum river about five km (3.1 mi) from city center. [ 5 ]
Over the years this area has been commercialised by the construction of many hotels. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) 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]
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Srinagar district" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
After the closure of the Murree-Muzaffarabad-Srinagar road on the partition of India in 1947, Banihal pass was the only passage from Jammu to Srinagar after independence until 1956 when Jawahar Tunnel was bored through the Pir Panjal range. The pass is accessible only in summer and in winters also if there is no heavy snowfall.