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2006 Meerut fire. On 10 April 2006 at about 17:30 IST (12:00 UTC), a fire swept through a consumer electronics fair (Brand India Fair) in Victoria Park, Meerut, killing 65 people [1] and injuring 150 others. [2] [3] The fire was said to have been caused by a short circuit. An estimated 2,000 people were at the fair when the fire broke out. [4]
Meerut. Meerut (pronunciation ⓘ; ISO: Mēraṭha) is a city in the western region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, the city is 80 km (80,000 m) northeast of the national capital New Delhi, and is 480 km (300 mi) west of the state capital, Lucknow. [8] Meerut is the second-most populous city in the National ...
8. July 17, 2000. Alliance Air Flight 7412 crashed in a residential estate of Patna after the pilot lost control of the aircraft and stalled. Deaths included 55 people aboard, along with 5 on the ground. 55+5. December 24, 1999. Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
UP Gate, Delhi-UP Border. Delhi–Meerut Expressway or National Expressway 3 is India 's widest 96 km long controlled-access expressway, connecting Delhi with Meerut via Dasna in Ghaziabad in India. The 8 lanes old stretch of National Highway 9 (NH-9) up to Dasna is widened to 14 lanes (widest expressway in India).
12 December 1991 – The Kangra valley train suffered a crash near Jawali, Himachal Pradesh, killing 27. [ 74 ] 5 September 1992 – A collision near Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh killed 41. [ 72 ][ 75 ] 16 January 1993 – The Howrah Rajdhani Express collided with a goods train between Roorah and Ambiyapur flag stations.
The Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway (KMP Expressway), is an operational 6-lane (3 lanes in each direction), [ 2 ] 135.6 km (84.3 mi)-long Expressway [ 3 ] in the Haryana state of India. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Along with the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, the Western Peripheral Expressway is expected to divert ...
The district was established under British rule in 1818 and, on establishment, constituted the then tehsils of Meerut, Ghaziabad, Mawana, Baghpat, Sardhana and Hapur. [4] [5] These now constitute the districts of Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Bagpat, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr and a part of Gautam Buddh Nagar district.
The Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (Delhi–Meerut RRTS) is a partially operational 82.15 km (51.05 mi)-long semi high-speed rail and regional transit corridor that will connect the National Capital Region (NCR) cities of Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. [12][13] It is the first of the four rapid rail corridors planned under the first ...