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Ludhiana - The Jewel of Punjab

Posted On : Jan-31-2011 | seen (866) times | Article Word Count : 644 |

Ludhiana News keeps you updated with the latest news from Ludhiana covering business, politics, cricket, entertainment, health and more.
Ludhiana News covers all the major happenings and events. Ludhiana News gives the detailed news of various categories like Sports, National, International, Business and Entertainment. Keeping in mind the interests and likes of the locals, Ludhiana News covers the news that generates interest. Be it a cultural activity, an educational event, or festivities - Ludhiana News has it all.

Ludhiana is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in Punjab state. Ludhiana is the largest city in Punjab.

Ludhiana stands on the Sutlej River's old bank, 13 km south of its present course. It is a major industrial center of northern India.

Ludhiana is located 100 km west from state capital Chandigarh on NH 95 and is centrally located on National Highway 1 from New Delhi to Amritsar. It is connected to New Delhi by road, frequent train service and by air.

Targeting Hindi language readers, Ludhiana Hindi News provides news in Hindi language for people who are comfortable with the Hindi language and prefer reading Hindi News. Ludhiana Hindi News covers various categories like Sports, National, Intenational, Business and Entertainment.

Keeping in mind the interests and likes of the locals, Ludhiana Hindi News covers the news which is interesting and has readability.

Ludhiana has an average literacy rate of 70per cent, higher than the national average of 59.5 per cent, male literacy is 72 per cent, and female literacy is 68 per cent.

In Ludhiana, 12 per cent of the population is under 6 years of age. Punjabi is the official language of the city of Ludhiana. Due to warm and enterprising nature of Punjabis, people from different cultures are settling here, enriching the city with new languages such as Hindi, English, Rajasthani, Himachali etc.

Ludhiana is known as the "Manchester of India" because it is the industrial hub of Punjab. There are 8 large integrated knitwear factories, roughly 6,000 small to medium sized knitwear factories, 10 big hosiery yarn mills and 150 small- to medium-sized worsted and woolen yarns.

Ludhiana has topped in the list of 17 Indian cities in a survey conducted by World Bank.

Ludhiana is well connected by air and rail as it is on main Delhi-Amritsar route and is an important railway junction with lines going to Jalandhar, Ferozepur, Dhuri and Rajpura.

Ludhina is very well connected with daily or weekly trains to most places in India including the major cities of Rajpura, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. For administrative reasons the station is under Ferozepur Railway Division. There is also a proposal to construct a railway line between Ludhiana and Chandigarh. The government has even passed a dedicated freight track between Ludhiana and Kolkata.

Ludhiana is connected by air with Delhi. Air India and Kingfisher flies daily between New Delhi and Ludhiana Airport.

Ludhiana News highlights various issues related to air and train services and creates an impact to solve such problems.

Moving inside the city is done mostly by mini-buses, auto-rickshaws, and pedal rickshaws, loosely licensed by the Municipal Corporation. The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Delhi for construction of a metro.

Ludhiana's status as a large industrial hub is cited as a reason for another international airport in Punjab after Amritsar. Ludhiana is also known as "Merc City".

Ludhiana News brings forth the issues related to road transport or Municipal Corporation and works as an eye opener for the administration to provide better services to its resuidents.

Ludhiana News highlights the issue related to electricity and the latest happenings in the world of politics.

Ludhiana News compiles the local news, happenings and events from Ludhiana. Ludhiana News brings you the reports from every corner.

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