Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian administered state of Jammu
and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum
River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is famous for its gardens, waterfronts
and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts
and dried fruits.
ECONOMY:
the City
Mayors Foundation – an advocacy think
tank – announced that Srinagar was the 92nd fastest growing urban areas in
the world in terms of economic growth, based on actual data from 2006 onwards
and projections to 2020.
TOURISM:
Srinagar is one of several
places that have been called the "Venice
of the East" or the "Kashmiri Venice". Lakes around the city include Dal
Lake – noted for its houseboats – and Nigeen Lake. Apart from Dal lake and Nigeen
lake city is also famous for wular lake and manasbal lake to the north of
srinagar. Wular lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia.
Srinagar has some Mughal
gardens, forming a part of those laid by the Mughal
emperors across the Indian subcontinent. Those of Srinagar and its close
vicinity include Chashma
Shahi (the royal fountains); Pari Mahal (the palace of the
fairies); Nishat
Bagh (the garden of spring); Shalimar
Bagh; the Naseem Bagh.
The Sher Garhi
Palace houses administrative
buildings from the state government. Another palace of the Maharajas, the Gulab Bhavan, has now become the Lalit
Grand Palace hotel. The Shankaracharya
Temple which lies on a hill top
in the middle of the city, besides the Kheer
Bhawani Temple are important
Hindu temples in the city.
TRANSPORT:
ROAD:
The city is served by many highways, including National Highway 1A and National
Highway 1D.
AIR:
Srinagar Airport has
regular domestic flights to Leh, Jammu, Chandigarh and Delhi and occasional international flights. An expanded
terminal capable of handling both domestic and international flights was
inaugurated on 14 February 2009 with Air
India Express flights to Dubai. Hajj flights also operate from this airport to Saudi Arabia.
RAIL:
Srinagar is a station on the 119 km long Kashmir railway that started in October 2009 and connects Baramulla to
Srinagar, Anantnag and Qazigund. The railway track also connects to Banihal across the Pir
Panjal mountains through a newly constructed 11 km long
Banihal tunnel, and subsequently to the Indian railway network after a few years.
BOAT :
water transport is now mainly confined to Dal Lake, where shikaras (wooden boats) are used for local transport and tourism.
There are efforts to revive transportation on the River Jhelum.
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