Noida

Noida is situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh in its district Gautam Budh Nagar. The distance between Delhi and Noida is around 20 kilometres to southeast. The distance between Noida and the headquarter of the district Greater Noida is also about 20 kilometres to northwest and the distance between Noida and Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow is about 457 kilometres to northwest. Noida is encircled by the River Yamuna on west and south-west, the Delhi city on north and north-west, Ghaziabad and Delhi's cities on north-east, and river Hindon on the east, north-east and south-east. Noida comes under Yamuna River's catchment area, and is situated on an old river bed. The city's soil is considered rich and with characteristics of loam.The administrative headquarter of the district is in Greater Noida, which is a nearby town. However, the District Magistrate (DM) of the district, who is the highest government official, is located in Noida. The Gautam Budh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency and Vidhan Sabha, which is the state assembly, constituency is in Noida. Among the National Capital Region, Noida is the 17th clean place in India. The National Capital Regions Gurgaon and Faridabad rank 87th and 237th respectively in India when it comes to cleanliness.

The city has been developed entirely keeping in mind the changing needs of the urban middle class. Based on the suburban counties of Britain, Noida is a desperate effort to come in terms with the changing reality of today's world. The founding stone of the city was put in the year 1976 when it was decided to shift the pollution emitting medium and small-scale industries from Delhi. The idea didn't succeed initially as only a very small fraction of industries shifted to Noida. But it was found in mid eighties that more and more people are buying land for the residential purpose. The city got a fresh lease of life during the Information Technology boom of Mid-Nineties when IT firms started shifting their offices to Noida in wake of comparatively cheap rent and lucrative tax incentives. Today Noida is a bustling town of close to 5 lacks people and figures prominently on the IT and Electronic Industry Map of the world. The rents are competitive to places of such repute as London's West End and New York's Manhattan. This beautifully laid city has become a model for similar other cities that now marks the Indian landscape.

Noida, with the inauguration of Budhh international circuit for the formula one racing, Sunburn arena where international artists perform, and upcoming projects of one of the tallest buildings in North India, Noida is just busy running towards faster growth. This beautifully planned city has something for everyone, be it parks, amazing street food, posh restaurants, shopping malls, street-side shopping options, amusement parks, pubs and discotheques or sports complexes.