Vasant Vihar

Vasant Vihar is an up market, exclusive neighborhood located in the South West Delhi district of National Capital Territory of Delhi, which houses many diplomatic missions of foreign countries [ [http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/India/India4.html Embassy Listings For India] "www.embassyworld.com".] .

It is located south of R. K. Puram and is relatively close to the international airport. Premier higher educational institutes like JNU, IIT and IIFT are situated in the neighbourhood of Vasant Vihar. Vasant Vihar is a relatively modern addition to Delhi as it came into existence in the late 1960s. At that time, the surrounding area was deserted and Vasant Vihar was considered to be on the outskirts of the city and was hard to get to using public transport. As Delhi has grown, that has changed and it is now one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city. Prices for a newly built 3500sqft 4 bedroom apartment in Vasant Vihar were reported to be around US$2.5 million in April 2008.

Overview

The two main streets in Vasant-Vihar are "Poorvi Marg" and "Paschimi Marg", literally Eastern and Western Street, that along with the Outer Ring Road Palam Marg form a rough triangle that encloses much of the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is primarily residential and when first planned consisted of six blocks named A to F, with each block having its own local market. Houses are also located on the Outer Ring Road (Palam Marg) and consists of some of the most expensive real estate in the NCR region.

It also contains the residential colonies for employees of Air India, Indian Airlines, Central Bureau of Investigation, Parliament of India, CPWD, Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India. There are several secondary schools in Vasant Vihar.

Vasant Vihar (or VV as it is colloquially called) also includes the Basant Lok market which now has many multi-national chain stores, restaurants and newly-opened lounges. The market also contains a large movie theater called PVR Priya. It used to be one of the two or three theaters in Delhi that used to screen English language films before the late 1990s. Vasant Continental five star hotel is a landmark in this area.

At the edge of the neighbourhood, across the Outer Ring Road lies, the Uttara Swami Malai Temple on a small hillock.

Education

Vasant Vihar also has few leading schools such as Modern School, Tagore International School, Guru Harksrihan Public School, Holy Child Auxilium School (Senior branch), Delhi Public School (Junior Branch), DAV etc.

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