Sriniwaspuri
| Sriniwaspuri | |
|---|---|
| city | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Delhi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | DL- |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
Sriniwaspuri is a small Colony located in the southern part of Delhi, India. This Colony has two mainly two Sub-colonies - government colony and private colony. The government colony has Type-I, Type-II and Type-II flats under General Pool Residential Accommodation of Central Government maintained by CPWD and residents here are employees of various Central and attached government offices and their family members. The private colony was initially developed as J.J.Colony Sriniwaspuri and the original residents of this JJ Colony had been residing at Bela Road Jhuggi Basti near Rajghat and the residents were Rajasthani and Punjabi/Multani/Sindhi/Janghi. Being poor they had been working in and around Purani Delhi area, Yamuna area etc. Most of them were labourer, Mason, etc. In 1961, after a fire accident this Juggi Basti had burnt and at that time while Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India Government allotted 80 Sq.Yds Plots with a loan of Rs.1000/- to built home to every family. At that time first of all 94 Plots in J Block were allotted to Rajasthani families and Block K, L,M,N and O were allotted to remaining people Punjabi/Multani/Sindhi/Jhangi people were largest at that time too. Therefore, it is cleared that most of original residents of Sriniwaspuri residing in Blocks-J,K,L,M,N,O have been residing in Sriniwaspuri since 1961 and they may be residing in Delhi since 1951 or earlier. Thereafter, local people and other people came in this Colony and encroached the land and resulting there are new blocks i.e. Block-P, Q, R, S, & T blocks. Difference may be seen easily that on one hand J.J. Colony having Blocks-J,K,L,M,N,O is well planned with roads and buildings on the other hand the blocks in the later encroached land i.e. Block-P,Q,R,S & T are very very congested and unplanned buildings. Now, this part has also be known as Private Colony Extension. The private colony extension of Sriniwaspuri is a congested place and grappling with basic issues such as water supply, electricity and encroachment. This Sriniwas Puri has many unregulated businesses such as provisional stores, dairies, confectionery shops, etc. Over the years, the place has commercialised so much that many residents have started leaving the place.
Sriniwaspuri has its own Public Library, Post Office and Police Chowki under Amar Colony police state earlier it had own Police Station, and it also has the famous Bharat Sevasharam Mandir (Hathi Wala Mandir). There is also a CGHS Dispensary, MCD Allopathic Dispensary, MCD Maternity Centre, MCD Homoeopatic Dispensary, MCD Unani Dispensary. The town has several parks (Parks in Government Colony type-II flats are is only well maintained other of them are not seems to be maintained ) for children to play. Most weekends, the play grounds are a sight to watch as you get to see multiple cricket teams playing on the same ground at same time.
The town has government run primary and secondary schools separately for boys and girls. Government Boys School is called as G.B.Pant Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya. Girls schools have good discipline and reputation. It seems that there is no discipline in G.B. Pant Boys School because the students may be seen wandering everywhere in school timing frequently in groups wasting their time. School Administration has not seems to be worried about the future of its students. There is one private school called Cambridge School it is one of the best school in South Delhi. There is also one Arya Samaj Vidyalaya maintained by Arya Samaj Mandir.
There are 3 famous parks here, an ideal for cricketers. these are TOURNAMENT 1, TOURNAMENT 2 and TOURNAMENT 3. TOURNAMENT 1 is also used to arrange marriages. now the condition of sriniwaspuri is improving.