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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Badarpur (South-East Delhi)
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| native_name_lang = Punjabi and Hindi
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Delhi City, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Delhi]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[South East Delhi]]
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| established_date = 01/02/1987
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| government_type = [[Government of Delhi]]
| governing_body = MCD
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 110044
| registration_plate = DL 3
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| blank3_name_sec1 = Civic agency
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'''Badarpur''' is a historic town in [[South East Delhi]] district in [[Delhi]].

Badarpur is famous for its Badarpur Border bus terminal from where you can take buses for all over Delhi and NCR. It is also serviced by [[Badarpur Border metro station|Badarpur Border]] station of [[Delhi Metro]] on [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet Line]]. The bus terminal and metro station have been renamed by Delhi Government as 'Badarpur border' because they are in Badarpur area and located just 900m away from interstate MCD toll plaza between Delhi and Faridabad border which is commonly known as Badarpur Border.

It is situated on [[Mathura Road]] joining Delhi with [[Mathura]] and [[Agra]], on [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]] (Delhi-Kolkata) National Highway, a part of the historic [[Grand Trunk Road]] that once joined Bengal to [[Kabul]]. It is the starting point for the on the "Mehrauli- Badarpur Road" that passed through [[Tughlaqabad]], [[Khanpur, Delhi|Khanpur]], [[Tigri]] and [[Saket (Delhi)|Saket]] towards Mehrauli. The [[Delhi Faridabad Skyway]] elevated highway also opened at the starting of Mehrauli- Badarpur Road.

Badarpur is also home to the [[Badarpur Thermal Power Station]] (BTPS) of [[National Thermal Power Corporation]] (NTPC), opened in 1973 and an important power source to [[South Delhi]], [[South East Delhi district|South East Delhi]] and [[East Delhi]] districts.

==Overview==
Badarpur once housed one of many ''[[caravanserai|sarai]]''s (caravan resthouses), known as ''Sarai Badarpur'', along the historics [[Grand Trunk Road]], probably built during the period of [[Jahangir]] in the 16th century. Prior to that, [[Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq]] built the [[Qutub]]-Badarpur Road as he established the fifth historic city of Delhi, [[Tughlaqabad]], in the 13th century AD, which connected the city to the Grand Trunk Road.<ref>{{cite book |title=Delhi and its Neighbourhood|chapter=33. Badarpur|author=Y. D. Sharma|publisher=Director General, Archaeological Survey of India |year=1974|page=[https://archive.org/details/delhiitsneighbou00shar/page/105 105] |url=https://archive.org/details/delhiitsneighbou00shar}}</ref> The road is now known as the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, an important if congested road connecting Badarpur in southwest Delhi to Mehrauli in south Delhi. The original village of Badarpur lies east of the Meethapur-Kalindi kunj road which passes from Aali village (to the north) down to Meethapur village to the south.
[[File:Badapur Main Market.jpeg|thumb|Badapur Main Market]]
Constituent areas include [[Molar Band]] and Molarband Extension. Its surrounding areas include Pul Prahladpur (just south of the Mehrauli-Badarpur road), Lal Kuan (between Tughluqabad and Pul Prahladpur), Tughluqabad Extension, Railway Colony, on the south west; Tuqhluqabad and Okhla Phase 1 on the west; and Saidabad, [[Madanpur Khadar Village]], Ali Extension, and Aali village on the north and north-east; Jaitpur , Meethapur on the east side. Other areas nearby include [[Jasola (Delhi)|Jasola]], [[Surajkund]] and [[Tughlaqabad]], along with smaller blocks to the east of Badarpur such as Anand Vihar, Saraswati Vihar, [[Ekta Vihar]], Harsh Vihar, Shakti Vihar, and Roop Nagar. Upmarket developments include Badarpur main Market . Further east, Madanpur Khadar, a village situated in the river bed of Yamuna, has a population of around 1100 and 560 voters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facing political negligence, Badarpur Khadar awaits development|url=http://post.jagran.com/facing-political-negligence-badarpur-khadar-awaits-development-1304855864 |date=9 May 2011 |publisher=Jagran }}</ref>

Badarpur (Delhi) is not to be confused with Badalpur (Uttar Pradesh) the home village of former Chief Minister [[Mayawati]].

==Education==
The [[National Power Training Institute]] (NPTI) for [[North India]] Region under [[Ministry of Power (India)|Ministry of Power]], [[Government of India]] was established at Badarpur in 1974, within the [[Badarpur Thermal Power Station]] (BTPS) complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Institutes |url=http://www.npti.in/our-institues.html |publisher=[[National Power Training Institute]] website }}</ref> [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] NTPC and [http://www.notredamedelhi.com/ Notre Dame School] is also situated with NTPC campus.<ref>[http://www.kvntpcbadarpur.com/ Kendrya Vidyalaya NTPC Badarpur]</ref>

==Administration==

It is part of the [[Kalkaji]] sub-district (sub-division) of [[South Delhi district]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kalkaji sub-division |url=http://dcsouth.delhigovt.nic.in/organization.htm |publisher=[[South Delhi district]] website |access-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725041643/http://dcsouth.delhigovt.nic.in/organization.htm |archive-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Politics==
It is a constituency of the [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]], part of the [[South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Delhi]] [[Lok Sabha]], prior to it Badarpur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf |title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004 |publisher=Government of Delhi website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006180007/http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-06 }}</ref> After the Delhi state assembly elections, Current MLA is Ramvir Singh Bidhuri from BJP.<ref>[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspFile/listmembers.htm Official Member's list, Legislative Assembly of Delhi] [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi]]</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Delhi districts.svg|200px|thumb|Old Districts of Delhi, with Badarpur in the (formerly) [[South Delhi]] district.]]
Badarpur is situated on [[National Highway 2 (India)|National Highway 2]] ([[Mathura Road]]). [[Delhi Transport Corporation]] (DTC) and Cluster buses ply to Badarpur Border bus terminal from [[Old Delhi Railway Station]], [[New Delhi Railway Station]], ISBT and other places.

DTC and Haryana Roadways buses going to Faridabad and Ballabgarh from Inter state Bus Terminal (ISBT) stop at BTPS Complex. DTC and Cluster Buses of Route No. 405A, 405, 415, 418A, 460, 473 & 479 ply to Badarpur, and are usually crowded, even over-crowded in peak hours. Buses are also available from Faridabad, right across the Toll plaza on the Delhi Haryana border.

The [[Badarpur (Delhi Metro)|Badarpur]] elevated station of [[Delhi Metro]] on the [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet line]] opened on 14 January 2011, along with two preceding elevated stations, Mohan Estate, and Tughlakabad, which extended the line beyond [[Sarita Vihar]]. An extension southwards till Escorts Mujesar in [[Faridabad]] was inaugurated by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] on 6 September 2015.<ref name="faridabad">{{cite news|title=PM Modi set to launch Faridabad corridor on September 6|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/pm-modi-set-to-launch-faridabad-corridor-on-september-6-1053054.html|access-date=31 August 2015|agency=PTI|publisher=IBN Live|date=27 August 2015}}</ref> Metro trains ply alternately to Badarpur (usually from ITO) or to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad.

The [[Delhi Faridabad Skyway]], a 4.4 km elevated highway, started construction after 2008, and was opened in late 2010. It passed over five important traffic junctions including NTPC, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Jaitpur in NCT Delhi and Bypasd Sector 37 and Sarai in Faridabad. Situated at the road junction of Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, which has become increasingly congested over the years, as it lies off highway [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]] which carries major traffic to important cities of North India.<ref>{{cite news |title=HCC bags Rs.340 crore BOT project of NHAI for Badarpur elevated highway|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hcc-bags-rs.340-crore-bot-project-of-nhai-for-badarpur-elevated-highway/329877/0 |newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |date= 1 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Badarpur flyover to open today |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-05/delhi/28253226_1_badarpur-flyover-second-carriageway-hcc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710182721/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-05/delhi/28253226_1_badarpur-flyover-second-carriageway-hcc |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 October 2010 }}</ref>

Within Badarpur, there are autos, usually shared autos, and cycle rickshaws available. Many people in Badarpur also walk to the Metro station or bus stops on the main road.

== References ==

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* [http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=Badarpur,+Delhi&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x390ce65f77cae949:0x7c768dbb3f78e57,Badarpur,+New+Delhi,+Delhi&gl=in&ei=hUWVTvnhI5DMrQezrJDBBg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB4Q8gEwAA Badarpur] at [[Google Maps]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.nptidelhi.net/ Official Website of NPTI Northern Regional Centre, Badarpur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108055124/http://www.nptidelhi.net/ |date=8 November 2015 }}
* [http://wikimapia.org/11070240/Badarpur Badarpur] at [[wikimapia]]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]
[[Category:South Delhi district]]

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