Keshav Puram
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Keshav Puram is a suburb
situated in the north-west of Delhi
, India
. It was developed by Delhi Development Authority
.
It is also called Lawrence Road. The pin code of this place is 110035.
. The various blocks in Kesav Puram are represented by Resident Welfare Association
s.
After the delimitation of the assembly constituencies, Keshav Puram now falls under the Wazirpur assembly constituency. In the 2008 election, Congress candidate Hari Shanker Gupta has defeated BJP's Mange Ram Garg. Now, Mr. Gupta is the elected representative. Ex-MLA Anil Bhardwaj of Congress who happens to be a resident of Keshav Puram but represents the Tri Nagar assembly constituency has also defeated BJP's Nand Kishore Garg consecutively for the second time.
Keshav Puram will soon have its own local community website at http://www.keshavpuram.com
station is on the Red Line opened in 2004. Feeder bus services operate from other areas Metros like Netaji Subhash Place
Once the underpass construction between Ring Road & Keshav Puram completes, the locality will be flocked only by motor vehicles and it may possibly loose its present Residential flavor.
The locality is well linked to the Ring Road through Wazirpur Depot (presently called as Netaji Subhash Place)
Bus routes
Mudrika : All (+) & (-) Mudrika Seva (TMS) Ring road buses touch Netaji Subhash Place
Many Low Floor Eco Friendly Green Passenger Buses on this route have been extended to Netaji Subhash Place / Wazirpur Depot / Keshav Puram
Nearest Railway Station to Keshav Puram is Sarai Rohilla (All Trains from and to Rajasthan side are from this station)
For those who wish to reach Keshav Puram by bus
One can reach INDER LOK Metro road to take route Number 957, 966 during evening hours. Routes 234 plies through Inderlok Metro.
For those who want to reach Shivaji Stadium, Just near the Keshav Puram metro, White Lines are available to Shivaji Stadium & Connought Place (but charges are as high as Rs.15/Rs.20 etc.), whereas, by bus it is only Rs.10 (as on December 2009)
Bus Fares:
Distances
Driving Licence Authority
The driving licence authority for Keshav Puram Area was at Ashok Vihar (Nimri Colony) till recently. It had been shifted to WazirPur Depot (also referred to as Subhash Place Depot)
Wazirpur Depot
The DTC Bus depot at Wazirpur Depot has been closed since 21 November 2009 for renovation. The staff and vehicles have been diversified to other depots of DTC. The Wazirpur depot is expected to be operational from 5 February 2010.
Healthways has a swimming pool and fitness centre.
Keshav Puram has many parks in the area major ones being Mazdoor Park (also referred as Hathoda Ram Park as it is popularly called. This name refers to a sculpture in the park which shows a labour with a big hathoda in his hands.)
There is also a fitness centre in one of the parks near Keshav Puram Subzi Mandi.
Dhyan chand sports complex which has facilities for many games such as swimming, Tennis etc. is situated in Ashok Vihar and is at a distance of 50 meters.
Personalities from Keshav Puram
Late Smt. Indumati Kaushik
Smt. Indumati Kaushik was a famous poetess. Her poetry is famous in India as well as abroad. She spent a long time of her life living in Keshav Puram. She wrote a book 'Asweekar' - Hindi Khand Kavya, and won many awards for the outstanding literature. She was well known for her Hindi poems and gazals. Her books are still in the press.
She was not only a poetess, but a famous social figure. She was involved in the political activities in Keshav Puram, and had worked very hard for the development of the area.
She died on July 20, 2008 after long illness. Her book 'Abhinav Aarambh - Neelkanth' (Mahakavya) is in the process to become a book.
Sahib Singh Verma
He was elected for Municipal Corporation of Delhi in 1977 and went on to become Chief Minister of Delhi and afterwards he was a union minister in the Government of India. He died in a car accident in 2008.
Mr D D Sethi:
Mr D D Sethi was a reputed international expert on Social Security. He was Insurance Commissioner of ESIC, the major social security organisation of India; he spent his post retirement life from 1982 onward in B-3, Keshavpuram. . He was a real genius and possessed a highly dynamic and magnetic personality . He died in 2000. His son Mr Naresh Sethi who is an Executive Director in a premier P S U of India now stays there.
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Keshav Puram has two petrol pumps. It also has two commercial centres Aggarwal Modern Bazar and R G. Both are near the two petrol pumps respectively. Aggarwal Modern Bazar houses Canara Bank and Andhra Bank branches. RG houses ICICI bank and HDFC bank branches.
Cultural life
Cinema theatres near to Keshav Puram are at Shakurpur (Samrat Cinema), Anand Parbat (Liberty), Azadpur (Alpna), Shadipur (Satyam), Karampura (Milan) and Moti Nagar (Natraj. These are all within a radius of 5 km and screen mostly Hindi films.
Many cultural events are held regularly at Keshavpuram. Some of them are listed below.
Ramlilas (where the life of Lord Rama is enacted at stage) are held at fairly big scale where 4,000 to 5,000 people attend everyday.
There are many cultural programs such as Khatu Shyam Sandhya and Hariyanavi cultural programs. Hasya Kavi Sammelan on the occasion of Agarsen Jayanti is also a regular annual feature.
Also cultural programs are held during various festivals such as Janmashtami, Holi
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
situated in the north-west of Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India
India
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. It was developed by Delhi Development Authority
Delhi Development Authority
The Delhi Development Authority was created in 1955 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi".-History:...
.
It is also called Lawrence Road. The pin code of this place is 110035.
Demography
The area is populated with a mix of people from all income groups. Majority of the inhabitants are from the business class. It is surrounded by large number of trees which makes it a less polluted area.Administration and politics
Kesav Puram is in the constituency represented by MLC Dr. Mahendra Nagpal of BJP. The area is presently under the Wazirpur jurisdiction (No.17) of Delhi. The present MLA is Mr Gupta, INC. Keshav Puram falls under the Outer Delhi Constituency, presently represented in the Lok Sabha by Shri Sajjan Kumar, INC. It is a ward of the Municipal Corporation of DelhiMunicipal Corporation of Delhi
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is a municipal corporation, an autonomous body that governs 9 Districts of Delhi, in the state of Delhi, India. It is one of three municipal corporations in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being New Delhi Municipal Council, and Delhi...
. The various blocks in Kesav Puram are represented by Resident Welfare Association
Resident Welfare Association
A Resident Welfare Association is a civic body that represents the interests of the citizens of a specific urban or suburban locality in Indian cities. Membership is voluntary, and the leadership is usually elected by fee-paying members...
s.
After the delimitation of the assembly constituencies, Keshav Puram now falls under the Wazirpur assembly constituency. In the 2008 election, Congress candidate Hari Shanker Gupta has defeated BJP's Mange Ram Garg. Now, Mr. Gupta is the elected representative. Ex-MLA Anil Bhardwaj of Congress who happens to be a resident of Keshav Puram but represents the Tri Nagar assembly constituency has also defeated BJP's Nand Kishore Garg consecutively for the second time.
Keshav Puram will soon have its own local community website at http://www.keshavpuram.com
Transport
Keshav Puram metroDelhi Metro
Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of with 142 stations of which 35 are underground...
station is on the Red Line opened in 2004. Feeder bus services operate from other areas Metros like Netaji Subhash Place
Once the underpass construction between Ring Road & Keshav Puram completes, the locality will be flocked only by motor vehicles and it may possibly loose its present Residential flavor.
The locality is well linked to the Ring Road through Wazirpur Depot (presently called as Netaji Subhash Place)
Bus routes
- 39 : Keshav Puram to Jheel Kureji (via Karolbagh)
- 89 : Keshav Puram to Sarojini Nagar (Now merged with 39 due to low turnout)
- 99 : Keshav Puram to Ambedkar Nagar (Now merged with 39)
- 912: Vishnu Garden to Burari Village (via Keshav Puram & Keshav Puram Metro)
- 442: Azadpur to Nehru Place (via Netaji Subhash Place on Ring Road)
- 479: Badarpur borderBadarpur, DelhiBadarpur is a historic town in South Delhi district in Delhi, at a distance of 17 km in south east. Situated close to its edge with Haryana state, Faridabad district, the area is commonly known as "Badarpur Border"...
to Punjabi Bagh (Only Green buses extend up to Wazirpur Depo/ Netaji Subhash Place) - 990: Rohini to Shivaji Stadium (via Netaji Subhash Place on Ring Road)
- 78 : Azadpur to Karam Pura (via Netaji Subhash Place on Ring Road)
- 182A: Via Keshav Puram Metro (247 merged with 182A)
Mudrika : All (+) & (-) Mudrika Seva (TMS) Ring road buses touch Netaji Subhash Place
Many Low Floor Eco Friendly Green Passenger Buses on this route have been extended to Netaji Subhash Place / Wazirpur Depot / Keshav Puram
Nearest Railway Station to Keshav Puram is Sarai Rohilla (All Trains from and to Rajasthan side are from this station)
For those who wish to reach Keshav Puram by bus
- Azadpur : Alight at Wazirpur Depot : 761 (From Uttam Nagar, Janak Puri), Ring Road Buses
- Air Port : Any bus to Dhaula Kuan
- Dhaula Kuan : Alight at Wazirpur Depot : (+), 442
- Karol Bagh : Take 39 towards Keshav Puram
- New Delhi Railway Station : Take 39 from Ajmeri Gate Side or Pahar Ganj Side. Else Take any bus to Karol Bagh (166, 181, 355) followed by 39.
- From Patel Nagar, Shadhipur Depot, Karam Pura : 78, 990, 991
One can reach INDER LOK Metro road to take route Number 957, 966 during evening hours. Routes 234 plies through Inderlok Metro.
For those who want to reach Shivaji Stadium, Just near the Keshav Puram metro, White Lines are available to Shivaji Stadium & Connought Place (but charges are as high as Rs.15/Rs.20 etc.), whereas, by bus it is only Rs.10 (as on December 2009)
Bus Fares:
- Up to 4 km : Rs.5
- From 4 km to 10 km: Rs.10
- Beyond 10 km : Rs.15
Distances
- From Karol Bagh : 6 km
- From New Delhi Railway Station : 9 km
- From Connaught Place / Shivaji Stadium : 8.5 km
- From Wazirpur Depot/ Netaji Subhash Place : 0.5 km
- From Punjabi Bagh : 2 km
- From AzadPur : 3 km
- From Ashok Vihar : 2 km
Driving Licence Authority
The driving licence authority for Keshav Puram Area was at Ashok Vihar (Nimri Colony) till recently. It had been shifted to WazirPur Depot (also referred to as Subhash Place Depot)
Wazirpur Depot
The DTC Bus depot at Wazirpur Depot has been closed since 21 November 2009 for renovation. The staff and vehicles have been diversified to other depots of DTC. The Wazirpur depot is expected to be operational from 5 February 2010.
Educational institutions
- Arya Vidya Mandir, Pocket C-2, Keshav Puram
- Government Boys Senior Secondary School.
- Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya No.1.
- Mata Shiv Devi Public School.
- Keshav Mahavidyalaya College was formerly situated in Keshav Puram.
- Tyagi Public School
- Dr. Vijay Pal Memorial Library
Religious places
- Laxmi narain Mandir, Near B3 & B2 pockets[ Opposite Police Station].
- Jain Mandir
- Dera -Dhan Dhan Satguru Tera Hi Aasra
- Shiv mandir
- Sanatan Dharam Mandir (C-2 Pocket)
- Gurudwara (C-3 Pocket)
- Pardeshwar Dham (C-3 Pocket)
- Shri Aishwarya Maha Ganapati Temple (C-2 Pocket)
- Sai Baba Temple & Hanuman Temple (adjacent to the NDPL office)
- Shri LAL SAIN MANDIR & NAV YUVAK MANDAL (B-4 Pocket)
- Gurudwara (A-1 Pocket)
Banks
- State Bank of India ( at C-7 Pocket Main market)
- Karur Vysya Bank (on B-3 Pocket near Tyagi Public School)
- ICICI Bank Limited (Near Petrol Pump RG City Centre, SU, LSC, Block B Keshav Puram, Delhi 35)
- HDFC Bank Limited Code 932(Near Petrol Pump, RG City Centre, SU, LSC, Block B Keshav Puram, Delhi 35)
- Andhra Bank (At Agarwal Chambers near A-1 Pocket)
- Canara Bank (At Agarwal Chambers near A-1 Pocket)
- ATM of UTI Bank
- Punjab National Bank ( Lawrence Road Industrial Area)
Hospitals
Apart from many private clinics run as medical consultancies and commercial clinics by private doctors, there are hospitals- Delhi Government Dispensary
- Dheenabandhu Chottu Ram Dispensary (also caters to Homeopathic treatments)
- Max hospitals (in Netaji Subhash Place)
- Sunder Lal Jain Hospital (in Ashok Vihar)
Hygiene
The locality is evenly distributed well with public conveniences built and maintained by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which are friendly to the disabled. The Government sponsored Condom Vending Machines are the new attractions to these toilets. These are yet to be filled with the needed stuff.Industry
Industry in Keshav Puram includes meat warehousing, and plastics and fibre-glass production. Keshav Puram is also well known for housing the biggest name in baking industry - Britannia Industries. It was also known earlier for Kwality (The Ice cream group) and Modern Bakery. The area currently has many cold storages.Sports and recreation
The Keshav Puram Cricket Club plays in the President’s Estate Friendship Challenge League.Healthways has a swimming pool and fitness centre.
Keshav Puram has many parks in the area major ones being Mazdoor Park (also referred as Hathoda Ram Park as it is popularly called. This name refers to a sculpture in the park which shows a labour with a big hathoda in his hands.)
There is also a fitness centre in one of the parks near Keshav Puram Subzi Mandi.
Dhyan chand sports complex which has facilities for many games such as swimming, Tennis etc. is situated in Ashok Vihar and is at a distance of 50 meters.
Personalities from Keshav Puram
Late Smt. Indumati Kaushik
Smt. Indumati Kaushik was a famous poetess. Her poetry is famous in India as well as abroad. She spent a long time of her life living in Keshav Puram. She wrote a book 'Asweekar' - Hindi Khand Kavya, and won many awards for the outstanding literature. She was well known for her Hindi poems and gazals. Her books are still in the press.
She was not only a poetess, but a famous social figure. She was involved in the political activities in Keshav Puram, and had worked very hard for the development of the area.
She died on July 20, 2008 after long illness. Her book 'Abhinav Aarambh - Neelkanth' (Mahakavya) is in the process to become a book.
Sahib Singh Verma
He was elected for Municipal Corporation of Delhi in 1977 and went on to become Chief Minister of Delhi and afterwards he was a union minister in the Government of India. He died in a car accident in 2008.
Mr D D Sethi:
Mr D D Sethi was a reputed international expert on Social Security. He was Insurance Commissioner of ESIC, the major social security organisation of India; he spent his post retirement life from 1982 onward in B-3, Keshavpuram. . He was a real genius and possessed a highly dynamic and magnetic personality . He died in 2000. His son Mr Naresh Sethi who is an Executive Director in a premier P S U of India now stays there.
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Other public services
Keshav Puram has a police station which also serves neighbouring areas of north-west Delhi. There is a hospital under construction.Keshav Puram has two petrol pumps. It also has two commercial centres Aggarwal Modern Bazar and R G. Both are near the two petrol pumps respectively. Aggarwal Modern Bazar houses Canara Bank and Andhra Bank branches. RG houses ICICI bank and HDFC bank branches.
Cultural life
Cinema theatres near to Keshav Puram are at Shakurpur (Samrat Cinema), Anand Parbat (Liberty), Azadpur (Alpna), Shadipur (Satyam), Karampura (Milan) and Moti Nagar (Natraj. These are all within a radius of 5 km and screen mostly Hindi films.
Many cultural events are held regularly at Keshavpuram. Some of them are listed below.
Ramlilas (where the life of Lord Rama is enacted at stage) are held at fairly big scale where 4,000 to 5,000 people attend everyday.
There are many cultural programs such as Khatu Shyam Sandhya and Hariyanavi cultural programs. Hasya Kavi Sammelan on the occasion of Agarsen Jayanti is also a regular annual feature.
Also cultural programs are held during various festivals such as Janmashtami, Holi