Najafgarh drain

The Najafgarh drain or Najafgarh nallah (nallah in Hindi means rivulet or storm water drain) is another name for the River Sahibi, which continues its flow through Delhi, where it is channelized, and then flows into the Yamuna. Within Delhi, due to its channelization for flood control purposes, it is now erroneously called "Najafgarh drain" or "Najafgarh nallah." It gets this name from the once famous and huge Najafgarh Jheel (lake) near the town of Najafgarh in southwest Delhi and within urbanized Delhi. It is the Indian capital’s most polluted water body due to direct inflow of untreated sewage from surrounding populated areas. A January 2005 report by the Central Pollution Control Board classifies this drain, with 13 other highly polluted wetlands, under category ‘‘D’’ for assessing the water quality of wetlands in wildlife habitats.

This drain was widened as a flood control drain linking the Najafgarh Jheel or lake to the river Yamuna, thus completely draining the once huge and ecologically rich Najafgarh Lake, famous for its wetland ecosystem, waterbirds and wildlife.

Najafgarh

Najafgarh is located at the outskirts of the southwestern part of Delhi. It has a mixture of rural and urban population from Delhi and Haryana. Najafgarh is the fastest developing Tehsil in South West district of Delhi State. As Najafgarh is the only place in Delhi which is having lot of freehold land and where the government can utilize this land to build new developments; it is a very important part of South West Delhi. Delhi Metro work is also in progress in the Najafgarh region which would help in establishing it as a bigger hub for small scale companies.

There are several Ayurvedic and Advanced treatment centers and Medical Centers, Charitable Clinics. They are located in and around Najafgarh. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Suredha Temple, We have few of the meditation centres in and around Najafgarh are Radha Soami Satsang Beas at Ranaji Enclave and Dindarpur, Osho Dham (of Guru Rajneesh), Ashram of Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj at Bakkarwala, Nirmal Dham of Nirmala Devi and Baba Haridas temple in Jharodha Kalan In some of the centers they have free medical facility or discounted/ Subsidized medical facilities with the best available latest sophisticated medical devices and are equipped with traditional and advanced treatment facilities and manned by expert dedicated teams

Najafgarh (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Najafgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: नजफ़गढ़ विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India.

Overview

Present geographical structure of Najafgarh constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Najafgarh is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Madipur, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Uttam Nagar.

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