Yamunanagar
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Yamuna Nagar is an industrial city in the Haryana state of India. It is situated in Yamuna Nagar District. Previously named as Abdulahpur. It's railway station is called Jagadhri.
The main industries are stainless steel utensil making, Plywood board, Paper, Sugar, Industrial boilers and stone crushers . The city has a large paper factory of B.I.L.T owned by Thapar group of India. Prior to Indian independence the factory was owned by the British.
It has one of the Largest Sugar Mill's in Asia with a capacity of 13000TPD(Tonnes per day) cane crushing capacity and one of the biggest Railway workshop in North India.
Major Schools include
- . Sacred Heart Convent School
- . Mukand Lal Sr. Sec School
- . St. Thomas School
- . Sant Nishchal Singh Public School
- . Swami Vivekanand Public School
Major Educational Institutions include
- . Mukund Lal National College
- . DAV Dental College and Hospital
- . Khalsa College
- . JMIT Radaur
- . TTI Yamunanagr
- . Hotel Madhu
- . Hotel Sapphire
- . Hotel JK Residency
- . Grey Pelican: Shaped like a boat adjoining the Western Yamuna Canal
- . Hathni Kund - A Haryana toursim guest house on the banks of the river Yamuna as it begins it's southward journey. This is some 20 kilometers north of the city on the road to Nahan and Paonta Sahib.- The Tajewala headworks for the Yamuna canal are also located in this region, and supply water to Delhi.
The city is one of the better developed cities of Haryana and has good educational and medical facilities. It has highest Literacy rate in Haryana as far as education is concerned.
A canal of the river Yamuna flows on one side of the city. The river itself marks the boundary of the district with the state of Uttar Pradesh which borders the city on the eastern side of river Yamuna. The neighbouring city being Saharanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
In the north the district borders the state of Himachal Pradesh, Sirmaur being the district and the towns of Nahan and Paonta Sahib being the towns nearby.
Tajewala headworks from where the Yamuna canal is diverted is also north of the city.
Jagadhri is an adjoining town famous for its stainless steel industry.
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