1. An educational visit to North India….
Prepared for: Director, LIT
Prepared by: Group-E, B.E-Sem V
Date of submission: 14 Sep 2012

2.  Aditi Shah
 Megha Lakhani
 Denisha Patel
 Monika Chotaliya
 Alay Patel
 Ajay Patel
 Janak Mehta
 Devang Patel

3.  We would like to give our sincere thanks to Dr. Saleem
Sheikh, Director, Laxmi Institute of Technology for
giving us consent to attend this educational tour and
for always encouraging us in our quest for knowledge.
 We also thank Krishnakant Sir, HOD Civil Dept. for
his encouragement and personal assistance on the
tour.
 We heartily thank Rashmi Mam & Chetan Sir for
departing us valuable knowledge & accompanying us.

4.  Visit to Bhakra Nangal Dam, Himachal Pradesh
 Visit to various sectors in The planned city of
Chandigarh
 Visit to The Red Fort, The Qutub Minar, The Lotus
Temple and The India Gate in Delhi

6. • The Bhakra Nangal dam is the largest dam in Asia
and is located across Sutlej river at the border of
Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
• Length of dam is 518.25 ms and breadth is 304.84 m.
It is the biggest multi-purpose project in India.
• Its construction was started in 1948 and it was
completed in 1968. This is also known as the highest
gravity dam in the world.
• It was dedicated to India by Jawaharlal Nehru in year
1963.

8.  The main purpose behind its construction was to provide
irrigation to the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
The other purpose was to control the flood in monsoon.
 It is used to provide hydro electricity to Himachal
Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana which has encouraged
many major industries in these regions whose total turn
over is 1500 crore.
 The Bhakra Nangal project involves an investment of 235
crore.
 The average life estimation of Bhakra Nangal dam is 400
years.

11.  Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime
Minister, Sh. Jawaharlal Nehru, was planned by the
famous French architect Le Corbusier.
Picturesquely located at the foothills of
Shivaliks, it is known as one of the best
experiments in urban planning and modern
architecture in the twentieth century in India.
 Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of
Chandigarh as analogous to human body, with a
clearly defined functions such as:

12. The capitol complex
comprises of three
architectural master
pieces:
 The Secretariat
 The High Court
 The Legislative
Assembly

13. The City Centre
comprises of
The Inter-State Bus
Terminus,
The Parade ground
and
The District Courts.

14.  The lungs comprises of The Leisure Valley,
innumerable open spaces and the sector greens.
 The brain comprises of the Cultural and educational
institutions.
 The Network of roads in Chandigarh is considered to
be the Circulation system. It consists of 7 different
types of roads called the 7Vs in which V8 was added
later for the cyclists.
 The viscera comprises of the Industrial Center.

17.  The Department of Urban Planning accords technical
guidance to Chandigarh Administration for designing
and planning of various projects / public buildings and
framing of rules and guidelines for governing all types of
construction and urban development of the city.
 The Department of Urban Planning consists of two
wings (Architecture wing and Town Planning Wing).
The Architecture Wing deals with the designing of Govt.
buildings, standard designs, architectural and frame
control etc. whereas the Town Planning Wing prepares
scheme for the implementation of Master Plan,
Planning of new areas/Sectors, Zoning Plans, besides
identifying land use zones.

18. The Red
Fort
•Constructed by:
Emperor
Shahjahan
• Construction
started in 1683
and ended in 1648
• Built in Red
sandstone

19. The Qutub
Minar
Tallest minaret in
•
India- 72.5m has
379 stairs to the top
•Diameter of base-
14.3m
•Diameter of top-
2.7m
•It is the nearest
station on Delhi
Metro

21. The India
Gate
• Designedby – Sir
Edwin Lutyens
•Also called All India
War Memorial
•Commemorates 90000
soldiers who lost life in
World War I
•Comprises of Amar
Jawan Jyoti

22. Report by civil 5-sem
Group E