In this article we plan to present the unique and unparallel features of NOIDA and the chronology of its achievements. Noida was developed under the Industrial Area Development Act, 1976, of Utter Pradesh, which finally came up as an integrated, structured, contemporary, industrial hub. The city is connected with Delhi with a properly planned road networks, highways, and the high-tech DND flyover that connects it to the different corners of the country. With well-planned sectors for residential and industrial facilities, the city is spread over 20316 hectares and one the few cities in the country that offers its residents the green and pollution free environ with all required infrastructure. Some of the matchless features that the city offers are safe and clean water, uninterrupted power supply, stable telecommunication network, well-planned smooth roads, land development, superb residential condones, and green and tranquil atmosphere. These make the city one of the most eminent integrated industrial cities of the world.

Noida is a near-utopian concept of an industrial town that is close to Delhi, the county’s capital, free from pollution, part of National Capital Region (NCR), and the largest industrial establishment in Asia. Noida, which is an acronym of New Ohkla Industrial Development Authority, is one of the largest planned Asian industrial city. Under the U.P. Industrial Area Development Act, the city was set up in 1976 with the aim of developing it as an integrated township that would offer an accord of human habitation and industrial operations.

Noida is a part of National Capital Region and adjacent to Delhi. Connaught Place, the heart of Delhi, is just 14 km away from Noida. The distance is even less if you take the eight-lane 550 mt-long DND flyway across river Yamuna that connects Noida to Maharani Bagh in Delhi. This flyover has considerably reduced the time and expanses to commute between Noida and Delhi. Noida has all the advantages of Delhi minus the disadvantages. The city is consisting of 81 villages of the district Gautam Buddha Nagar and spread over approximately 20316 hectares of land.

The city area is encircled by the NH 24 in the north that runs between Noida and Gaziabad, river Hindon in the east, river Yamuna in the west, and the confluence of Yamuna and Hindon in the south. On the opposite side of Hindon lies the Greater Noida Industrial Area and across Yamuna are the states Delhi and Haryana.

With the motto of GREEN NOIDA CLEAN NOIDA, the city has been uniquely developed to be a rare industrial township that has zero tolerance for pollution with unmatched infrastructure support.

With well-planned green belts, gardens, and parks the city is committed to make the environment completely pollution free for its residents. The city is free from pollution and traffic snarls that is a common picture for other industrial cities. The industrial development is consciously balanced with modern residential amenities, commercial and business hubs, office complexes, and recreational facilities. The abundance of skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled cheap labor as well as higher management work force is another huge advantage of Noida.

The modern age grid-iron concept has been adopted in developing the urban plan and architecture of the city. The futuristic infrastructure planning enables the city to expand its present action plan by manifold to come up as one of the fastest developing industrial setup not only in Utter Pradesh but also in the country.

The uninterrupted power supply and the digital optical cable-based telecommunication network that is capable of supporting Integration Service Digital Network or ISDN helps the city to come up as one of the most prominent IT hub of the country. The high-tech electronic telephone exchange supports voice, data, and image transfer, LAN, high-speed fax transmission, and various add-on services like videoconference. As the city is in the local call network with the nearby cities like Delhi, Gazhiabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, and other adjacent cities within a periphery of 200 km, it reduces the communication cost considerably.

With 25 overhead tanks, 90 tube-wells, 5 rainy wells, and an 850-km long pipeline network, Noida is self-sufficient in drinking water supply with a daily capacity of 2 Lakh KLD. This comes about an average consumption of 225 liters per person per day. In addition, the ongoing Ganga water project will supply 49,400 KLD of water per day. To meet future requirements talks are on regarding indigenous rainwater-harvesting projects to cater agricultural sector.

Noida roads are wide and smooth, which ensures comfortable journeys. Few major roads like the NH2, Kondli Road, Link Road, Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Noida-Agra-Mathura Expressway are going through a major facelift. The already operational unique 8-lane toll bridge DND flyover strengthens the road network to a great extent. Wide intra-city sector roads of 400 km and border roads of 125 km makes intra-city commuting easy and hassle free.