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Badarpur (Hindi: बदरपुर) is a historic town in South Delhi district in Delhi, at a distance of 17 km in south east. Situated close to its edge with Haryana state, Faridabad district, the area is commonly known as "Badarpur Border". Situated on Mathura Road joining Delhi with Agra-Mathura, on NH 2 (Delhi-Howrah) Highway, a part of the historic Grand Trunk Road that once joined Bengal to Kabul. It is the starting point for the on the "Mehrauli- Badarpur Road" that passed through Tughlaqabad, Khanpur, Delhi, Saket towards Mehrauli. The Delhi Faridabad Skyway elevated highway also opened at the starting of MB Road. It is serviced by Badarpur station of Delhi Metro on Violet Line. Badarpur is also home to the Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), opened in 1973 and an important power source to South Delhi and East Delhi district. ==Overview== Badarpur once housed one of many ''sarai''s (caravan resthouses), known as ''Sarai Badarpur'', along the historic Grand Trunk Road, probably built during the period of Jahangir in the 16th century. Prior to that, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq built the Qutub-Badarpur Road as he established the fifth historic city of Delhi, Tughlaqabad, in the 13th century AD, which connected the city to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now known as the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, an important if congested road connecting Badarpur in southwest Delhi to Mehrauli in south Delhi. The original village of Badarpur lies east of the Meethapur-Palla road which passes from Aali village (to the north) down to Palla village to the south. Constituent areas include Molar Band and Molarband Extension. Its surrounding areas include Pul Prahladpur (just south of the Mehrauli-Badarpur road), Lal Kuan (between Tughluqabad and Pul Prahladpur), Tughluqabad Extension, Railway Colony, on the south west; Tuqhluqabad and Okhla Phase 1 on the west; and Saidabad, Madanpur Khadar village, Ali Extension, and Aali village on the north and north-east; Jaitpur (not to be confused with Jaitpur in Bihar), Mithe Pur (Mithapur), on the east side. Other areas nearby include Jasola, Surajkund and Tughlaqabad, along with smaller blocks to the east of Badarpur such as Anand Vihar, Saraswati Vihar, Ekta Vihar, Harsh Vihar, Shakti Vihar, and Roop Nagar, among others. Upmarket developments include Charmwood Village and Lakewood City. Further east, Badarpur Khadar, a village situated in the river bed of Yamuna, has a population of around 1000 and 550 voters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://post.jagran.com/facing-political-negligence-badarpur-khadar-awaits-development-1304855864 )〕 Badarpur (Delhi) is not to be confused with Badarpur (Uttar Pradesh) the home village of former Chief Minister Mayawati. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Badarpur, Delhi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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