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	Bhopal-The City of Lakes

A growth center and a traditional treasure

The city of Bhopal is not just another city flooded with people, polluting vehicles and big concrete establishments. City of Lakes, as it is well known as, is the most beautiful mélange of natural charm, traditional opulence and fast paced growth in terms of standards of living. Nature has bestowed all its bounties on this city with scenic lakes, lush green hill tops, and to add to this a congenial climate to make one's life a beautiful journey.

Bhopal enjoys a central location and is well connected to all the metro cities and international air terminals in India. The trade and development activities and inflow of foreign exchange has given manifold growth to all the sectors of business and has resulted into continuous development. Bhopal is fast turning into an educational hub in technical, medical and law fields. An international airport and IT park is fast coming up, while AIIMS is also taking shape. The near by industrial belts boast of industries such as BHEL, HEG, Eicher, Proctor & Gamble, Lupin, Crompton Greaves, Nahar & Anant Spinning Mills etc.

The Hi-Tech City project is planned with a vision to cater to the needs and desires of the people witnessing the rapid growth and aspiring for higher standards of living.

There is a saying in Bhopal that those who visit the city once will always return. Bhopal is the capital city of India's largest state Madhya Pradesh, and is located on the latitude 23°16' north and longitude 77°36' east. Situated in the north-western part of the state, it lies along the slopes of a Sandstone ridge, which is a part of the Malwa Plateau. It is 744 kilometers south of Delhi, and 779 kilometers north-west of Mumbai (Bombay).

Bhopal was once a small, sleepy picturesque town on the banks of an immense and beautiful lake, with lush forests and leisurely days filled with shatranj (chess) of shikar (hunting), picnics, and quiet fishing trips. The new Bhopal is an antithesis of the old. One of the greenest cities of India, it has wide, clean, well-lit roads lined with fiery, statuesque Gulmohar trees. Even today, despite becoming the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh and the consequent influx of people, it retains about it an almost ethereal quaintness and calm.

Bhopal city is also referred to as the City of Lakes because of the two beautiful lakes that are situated in the center of the city. The city itself sits on the banks of a vast lake spanning almost 10 square miles, which dominates the landscape and gives it a magnetic, mesmerizing quality.