Sainikpuri | |
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Coordinates: 17°30′06″N 78°33′47″E / 17.501564°N 78.563047°E | |
Country | India |
State | Telangana |
District | Medchal–Malkajgiri district |
City | Hyderabad |
Government | |
• Body | GHMC |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | Sainikpuri Post [1] |
Lok Sabha constituency | Malkajgiri |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Uppal |
Planning agency | HMDA |
Sainikpuri is a residential neighbourhood in the northeastern part of Hyderabad City. It falls under Kapra mandal of Medchal-Malkajgiri District, and is currently administered under GHMC East Zone. It started as a co-operative housing society venture for retired army personnel, but now has houses which belong to other defence services as well as civilians. Late Brig M. K Rao, Late Brig S.N.Docca (former commandant of EME School, now MCEME) and Late Lt. Col. Tiwari Singh were the first few to have got plots in the society and had a vision to develop the colony into an elite area. The housing plots originally allotted to the members of the Sainikpuri co-operative society were of the size of 700–1,000 square yards each. Owing to this reason, most residences have large lawns and gardens. Roads are well laid and numbered. Avenues are lined with a variety of flowering and fruiting trees, and are ideal for morning and evening walks. The sprawling cantonment area, as well as The College of Defence Management (CDM) which is a premier establishment of the Indian armed forces, are in the vicinity of Sainikpuri. The old buildings are now slowly giving way to multi-storied apartments, and it is becoming a costlier affair to acquire living space in this area.[1][2]