National Capital
Region covers an area of 30,242 Sq. Kms. This include 1,483
Sq. Kms of NCT Delhi; 13,413 of Haryana Sub-region comprising
Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Sonepat, Panipat, Jhajjar &
Rewari districts; 10,853 Sq. Km of UP Sub-region comprising
of Buland Shahr, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Guantambudh Nagar &
Bhaghpat districts; 4,493 Sq. Km of Rajasthan sub-region comprising
of Alwar, Behror, Ramgarh, Mandawar, Krishangarh Bas, Tijara
and Kotkasim tehsils of Alwar district.
Members of
Parliament and others have requested for inclusion of three
tehsils of Bharatpur district, Aligarh district and remaining
tehsils of Alwar district. Action is being taken by the Government
based on the recommendation of the National Capital Region Planning
Board.
This information
was given by Shri Ponn. Radhakrishanan, Minister of State for
Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation in a written reply
to a question by Shri Adhir Chowdhury , in Loksabha today.
