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Delhi–Dehradun Expressway
The Delhi–Saharanpur–Dehradun Expressway, also known as National Highway 709B (India), National Highway 709B (NH 709B), is a long, 12/6 lane Controlled access highway, access-controlled expressway, connecting Delhi, the New Delhi, national capital of India, with Dehradun, the Winter capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It passes through the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and through the cities of Baghpat, Baraut, Shamli and Saharanpur. The National Highway 307 (India), National Highway 307 (NH-307) is also part of the Delhi Dehradun Expressway. It has two spurs, or link roads, to ensure connectivity with cities lying nearby to its route: one , six-lane Saharanpur–Roorkee–Haridwar Expressway, and another , six-lane Ambala-Shamli Expressway. It reduces both travel time and distance, from around 5–6 hours to only 2.5 hours, and from around to . It also connects to Char Dham Highway at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. History In February 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography), right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the NCT in 1995. The NCT covers an area of . According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city proper population was over 11 million, while the NCT's population was about 16.8 million. The topography of the medieval fort Purana Qila on the banks of the river Yamuna matches the literary description of the citadel Indraprastha in the Sanskrit epic ''Mahabharata''; however, excavations in the area have revealed no signs of an ancient built environment. From the early 13th century until the mid-19th century, Delhi was the capital of two major empires, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
