In order to develop facilities for Applied Research and Apex Level Training in the field of food grain storage and preservation, a Grain Storage Research and Training Centre was established at Hapur in 1958, which was later on expanded into Indian Grain Storage Institute (IGSI) with two field stations at Ludhiana and Bapatla (later shifted to Hyderabad) with the financial assistance from UNDP in 1968. Three field stations at Jabalpur, Jorhat, and Udaipur were subsequently established in 1981. Silo the main granary is second largest in world and was for a time the tallest building in India. In 1996, the IGSI was renamed as Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute (IGMRI). Field Stations at Jabalpur and Udaipur have however been closed w.e.f. October 2002. While the training, and research and development activities are undertaken by IGMRI, the work of popularising scientific methods of food grain storage developed by IGMRI among farming community is implemented through the Save Grain Campaign teams. Hapur is a city of great joys. A lot of new schools are working for its upliftment. The area is also famous for its unique craft work. There are four ‘silos’ in India located at Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Hapur. It has a capacity to store 20 lakh tonnes of wheat. It is the only of its kind in Asia. The grain elevator-erected at Hapur was received from U.S.A. Storage and issuing of grains is done here by machines only as the entire facility is fully mechanized. The ‘silo’ is a pride of Hapur city. Indian Grain Storage and Research Institute are located nearby, the institute is a government of India undertaking. It has been conducting research in the area of grain storage from which the local farmers have benefited
Pilkhuwa is a nearby city of Hapur.It is just 19 km. from Hapur center (Tehsil Chopla) and 14 km. from Preet Vihar(Phase-2).It is famous for Gandhi’s dream ‘Khadi’. Pilkhuwa is well known for small industries for manufacturing the Canvas, Khadi and printing work. Bedsheets, and towels are very famous. In the coming years many big colonies and areas will be developed between the two cities and finish the distance between them. Some large manufacturers export quality products to other parts of India, as well as abroad. This city is known as the textile City for the same reason. As the town is near Delhi hardly 35 km. far, it lies in NCR ( National Capital Region) area, now an emerging place for High Education Institutes. In past 5 years, city has developed 15 colleges in fields of Medicine, Engineering, Law and varied. Decent number of schools are also in the city. Most famous ones being the St. Xavier’s Convent School,DAV Public school, VIP Inter College, Sarvodya Inter College, Marwar Inter College, Marwar Girls Inter College,K.M.S Inter College etc. Numerous schools for primary education are also established in the city to cater to local education. All schools are affiliated to either CBSE, ICSE, or the UP State Board.
Hapur is a major mandi town in NCR area of western Uttar Pradesh. There are approximate 25 factories of Paper Cone in Hapur.The town is famous for its ‘paper’, though some other industries have also come up. Pilkhua is a famous for its handloom-made bed sheets. To check the population migration towards Delhi, this town has been selected under NCR and accordingly planned development is carried out. Hapur is being developed in order to prevent unplanned & uncontrollable growth in city and its adjoining areas and to provide assistance for well planned growth, accumulate targeted population density in city areas, to stop unprecedented growth in population in National Capital Delhi and to provide them settlements and thirdly to create job prospects and to attract commerce in city areas. Hapur has also been playing an important role in the field of education. The demand for a separate Hapur district was a longstanding one, dating to 1976, when the district of Ghaziabad was carved out of Meerut.Hapur was announced as a district named ‘Panchsheel Nagar’ on Sep 28, 2011 by the Chief minister Mayawati and in the month of July 2012 Chief minister Akhilesh changed the name to ‘Hapur District’
Hapur has always been able to provide quality education to its residents and will continue to be like that by constantly developing its infrastructure. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has passed the proposal to establish a university in the city. Some of the city’s colleges such as the SSV Degree College and AKP Degree College are well known in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The city also has a number of Inter colleges and public schools, including technical institutions. Politically too, it is considered to be an important place that plays a significant role in the state politics. Some of the Shiksha Bharati institutions including Brahma Davis Saraswati Balika Vidya Mandir are already operational, while the others are at different stages of planning and execution. Acquisition of land, development of infrastructure, provision of basic services, human resources planning and fund raising have all been done keeping in mind the expansion plans of the society.
Hapur has an average elevation of 213 meters (699 feet). It is bound on the north by Meerut, in the south by Bulandshahr while Ghaziabad form the southern and western limits. Jyotiba phule nagar district lies to the east of the district. The river Ganges forms the eastern boundary and home to the sacred place known as `Garhmukteshwar` where lakhs of people come every year for pilgrimage. The ground is not rocky and there are no mountains. The soil is composed of pleistocene and sub-recent alluvial sediments transported and deposited by river action from the Himalayan region. These alluvial deposits are unconsolidated. Lithologically, sediments consist of clay, silt and fine to coarse sand. Land is very fertile for growing crops, especially wheat, sugarcane and vegetables. Also, the river `kali nadi` passes from the outskirts of the city.
Hapur has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate characterised by very hot summers and cool winters. Summers last from early April to late June during and are extremely hot, with temperatures reaching 43 °C (109 °F). The monsoon arrives in late June and continues till the middle of September. Temperatures drop slightly, with plenty of cloud cover but with higher humidity. Temperatures rise again in October and the city then has a mild, dry winter season from late October to the middle of March Lowest temperature recorded is 0.5 °C (32.9 °F). Rainfall is about 80 cm to 100 cm per annum, which is suitable for growing crops. Most of the rainfall is received during the monsoon. Humidity varies from 30 to 100%. The city receives no snow.
Hapur is a major railway junction of northern India. Two lines Delhi-Moradabad and Meerut-Khurja passes through the city. Everyday about 85 trains passes through Hapur and about 10 trains weekly including major trains like- New Delhi-Dibrugarh rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duranto and many others. After the route has been electrified about 45 more trains of the Delhi-Agra-Kanpur route will be diverted to this route. There are 5 platforms on the station. Trains for New Delhi are available most of the time and thus making it easy for the service people to travel. Trains are available for the cities like- Lucknow, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Varanasi, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jammu etc.
From the point of view of N.C.R. and the importance of Hapur and its need, HPDA along with accepting the above challenge and town relocation facilities and beautification, following plans are also starting soon. Apart from the above mentioned plans, a 50 acre land is earmarked for office Region Development in some areas of Hapur such as Sabli, Chamri and much more, and plans are also a foot to start a plan close to by-pass land use region and a transport plan in Pilkhuwa and deliberations are going on to acquire housing land.
By virtue of its proximity to Delhi, many plans have been approved by National Capital Regional Board to develop Hapur in a modern and planned manner and it has been decided to implement order, the Delhi-Hapur route has been modernized so that now the journey is now comfortable and also takes less time. From the point of view of N.C.R. and the importance of Hapur and its need, HPDA along with accepting the above challenge and town relocation facilities and beautification, following plans are also starting soon.
In the same order, many high standard educational and research Institutes are getting established in Hapur-Pilkhuwa development region, e.g. Dental College and research institute and D.P.S. school and others and many other educational and research centers are in the process of getting established similarly in the filed of housing many famous developers like Ansal Housing Group, Eros Group, etc. are investing huge amount of money in the field of housing and development of the town.
Hapur is now developing as a District in NCR zone of Uttar Pradesh. It has a lot of potential because of its closeness to Delhi and Ghaziabad. After getting the status of District, now District Magistrates are responsible for its management. District Magistrates of the new district have been Shri Saurabh Babu (IAS), Ms. Sanyukta Samandar (IAS), Ms. Chaitra V. (IAS), Shri Chakrapani (PCS) and now Shri Surya Pal Gangwar (IAS)
The national capital region including Delhi, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar is all set for an expansion. Two new townships — Hapur and Garhmukteshwar will soon become part of this region. Garhmukteshwar, which is considered a good alternative to Hardwar as a centre of pilgrimage, is being promoted as a tourist spot. It will be handed over to the Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority (HPDA) for a planned development.
Hapur is a city noted as manufacturing hub of making Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes, Hapur is also famous for papads,paper cones and tubes. Situated about 60 km from the capital of India New Delhi. This city is also the headquarters of Hapur District. The national highway 24 connecting Delhi-Lucknow also passes from the city. It was earlier known as `Haripur`. The city comes under Delhi-NCR region.
Hapur is an ancient town which has been popular for its agricultural stocks. Similarly, Pilkhuwa is also a historic city and is popular for its cloth industry. After upgradation to 4 lane system of National Highway No. 24 which connects Delhi to Hapur the aforementioned Highway is being upgraded from Hapur to Moradabad and is proposed to upgrade this highway up to Lucknow.
Along with roadways, Hapur is also connected in all 4 directions through railways, e.g. along with Delhi Moradabad railway line, Hapur is also connected by rail with Meerut and Aligarh. In the light of this fact, there is a strong possibility of Hapur developing into potential growth centre in the NCR region.
Seventh-day Adventsit church:- This church was build by milton mattison in 1919.There are two more campus linked with this campus are as follows :- milton mission hospital near (LIC office) and the S.D.A Mission school campus. It is Located on Meerut road, Near Flyover and 3 km from Center(tehsil chopla).
On the basis Jana-Shrutis, it has been found that Hapur was founded by Raja Harishchandra, another Lok-shruti (local legend) says that Hapur was founded by Daron Ke Sardar, Hardatta, in 983. After this Hapur was called Haripur. It is also said that Hapur came from the word ‘Hapar’ which means garden.
Sabli Shiv Mandir- This is a very ancient temple which was made about 700 years ago. It is located in a village named `Sabli`. During the time of Ganga Snan lakhs of Kanwariya come here. The temple is spread over a very large area and 8 KM. Hapur city center (Tehsil Chopla).
Hapur Pilakhua Development Authority was established as a second and an independent authority from GDA by U.P. Administration during 1996-97. After keeping in view the geographical, historical and commercial industrial importance and in view of the planned development of NCR.
mattison memorial hospital is also run by the seventh day adventist church, and provides general medicine, general surgery and oby/gynae servics. It also has the best and largest dental facility (7 chaired) in the city
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