Nava Raipur | |
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Planned City, Greenfield City | |
Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur | |
From top, left to right: Capitol Complex, Secretariat Chhattisgarh, Avinash Times Square Mall, Naya Raipur BRTS, International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Hidayatullah National Law University, Swagat Vatika Cloverleaf interchange, Nandanvan Jungle Safari, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium | |
Coordinates: 21°09′40″N 81°47′13″E / 21.161°N 81.787°E | |
Country | India |
State | Chhattisgarh |
District | Raipur |
Government | |
• Body | Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran |
Population | |
• Total | 560,000 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone code | +91-0771 |
Vehicle registration | CG 04 |
Nearest city | Raipur, Bhilai, Durg |
Lok Sabha constituency | Raipur (Lok Sabha constituency) |
Civic agency | Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Pradhikaran |
Website | https://navaraipuratalnagar.com |
Nava Raipur, officially Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur,[1] is a planned city in Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The city is meant to replace Raipur as the capital of Chhattisgarh.[2][3] The Government of Chhattisgarh is at Naya Raipur. The city is between National Highway 53 and National Highway 30. It is about 17 km (11 mi) south-east of Raipur. Swami Vivekananda Airport is between Raipur and Nava Raipur. Nava Raipur has 17,000 ha (42,000 acres) of land. About 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) is used for 41 villages. The core of the city is 27 of these villages.
About half of the land is for public uses. 23% of the land is for government and educational institutions. About 30% of the land is for people to live on and for economical uses. According to the plan, 560,000 people will be able to live in the city by phase III. The city should be at Phase III by 2031. There are also plans for the city to grow in size and to upgrade its infrastructure in the future.
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium is a new cricket field in the city. 65,000 people can enter. It opened in 2008. It is the second largest cricket stadium in India and the fourth largest cricket stadium in the world by seating capacity.
The stadium was home ground for two matches for the IPL team Delhi Daredevils during the 2013, 2015 and 2016 Indian Premier League event.
A half marathon, with the theme "Let us run" was in the stadium 16 December 2012 to mark Vijay Diwas.[6]
Sunil Gavaskar rated this stadium to as one of the best stadiums in the country and said it should be used for all types of matches.