The City
Located in the heart of Doaba region, Jalandhar, the
former capital of Punjab has an urban populace of a million, and
another million reside in the rural areas outside the city. It
has many historic monuments with the most famous being mausoleum
of Iman Nasir, the fort at Phillaur, a Shiv Mandir which belongs
to Lodhi era and the Gurudwara at Kartarpur.
Jalandhar enjoys the status of being the world's biggest producer
of leather tool pouches and aprons with major US and European
customers purchasing from factories in Jalandhar. The city is
well known for its sports industry, biggest printing industry
in the country, and as a leading manufacturer of surgical tools.
Today, the city is a highly industrialized centre and a home
to number of manufacturing units. It is also known to be the prime
area of Punjab which has maximum Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).
This has made it a well-off and modern city.
Infrastructure
Catering to the demanding educational requirements of its citizens,
Jalandhar has some major educational institutions including
DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Punjab Technical
University, Apeejay Institute of Management, Guru Nanak Dev
University Regional Campus, and Lyallpur Khalsa College, Doaba
College.
The city is a home to the famous engineering college, Dr B R
Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, which looks after to
provide high quality education in Engineering and technology to
nurture competent technical manpower for India.
The city is the biggest market for agricultural products and
has gained famed for its sports goods, leather and textile industries
sited on the Nakodar Chowk, Galleria would represent an ideal
blend of office spaces, shopping arcades, food court, a broad
range of restaurants and coffee corners to suit every taste bud
along with a ample parking space.
Jalandhar city is well served by great network of roads. Jalandhar-Moga
road is the most significant road of the region, as it links Doaba
and Malwa areas of Punjab.
Talking about satellite towns in Jalandhar, Phagwara is a leading
of all and an industrial focal point with known cloth manufacturing
units and sugar mills. This is also one of the most sought after
international shopping centers. Goraya is another satellite town
engaged in production of fodder chopping machines. It is much
popular as "toka town" of India.
Power is essential to Jalandhar's industrial and agriculture
sectors and the city has been putting its best efforts towards
expanding and bolstering its power infrastructure to cater to
the rising consumer demand in different sectors of the economy.
