Vasant Kunj
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Vasant Kunj is an upscale residential colony located in South West Delhi, India, with well over 100,000 residents. It is divided into 4 large sectors A, B, C and D - each of which is divided into several different pockets (ie. 1, 2, etc.). Sector A, being the oldest sector of Vasant kunj has pockets named as Pocket A,B and C. Rest of the sectors in Vasant kunj have pockets named in numeric value. It is approximately 4 km from Munirka on one end, about 1 km from Mehrauli and about 3 km from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Location: South West Delhi.
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[edit] Commercial Hub
The current commercial hub of Vasant Kunj is the adjoining Masoodpur village, though this is expected to change after the many malls announced in the area are completed. These malls along with the malls in Saket are expected to be the biggest shopping hubs in South Delhi. The mall will be the largest mall in Asia and 4th largest in the world. These also have huge impact on rocketing real estate prices.
There is an automotive market near the Sector A.
[edit] Education
Vasant Kunj is famous for its schools such as Delhi Public School, Green Valley School (B-1), Vasant Valley School, Ryan International School, G.D. Goenka School and Bhatnagar International School. It adjoins Jawaharlal Nehru University, and the villages of Masoodpur, Kishangarh and Mahipalpur.
[edit] Hospitals
Lately many hospitals have come up in the locality, the latest being the Fortis Hospital adjoinining Sector B1. An Apollo Clinic is located in the B11 Shopping Complex. And there is also the super speciality Indian Spinal Injuries Centre.
[edit] Miscellaneous
For a while in 1999 and 2000, it become known as "Murder Kunj" for the high number of murders that occurred there. This was in spite of the fact that most of Vasant Kunj consists of secure, gated communities.
The latest controversy is about the upcoming malls on Nelson Mandela Road. The Supreme Court stayed the construction of the malls in May 2006 as they did not have the necessary clearance from the Ministry of Environment.
Water shortage is an acute problem being faced in many sectors of Vasant Kunj. However, this is expected to be resolved once the Sonia Vihar water supply is regularised.
Flight lieutenant Rajan Dhal Fortis Hospital has now been opened there but has no real emergency services.
[edit] Accessibility
- Distance between ISBT and Vasant Kunj is approx 15 km.
- Distance between Domestic Airport and Vasant Kunj is approx 8 km.
- Distance between ISBT and Vasant Kunj is 19 km.
[edit] Areas Under Vasant Kunj
[edit] Areas In South Delhi
Areas Under South West Delhi Vasant Vihar vasant Kunj R.K. Puram Safdarjung Delhi Cantt
