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Faridabad, gifted with soil that favours the growth of henna, hosts the biggest exporters of this herbal plant in the country. However, bigger and better marketed companies are threatening the henna industry of the city.

Henna is a shrub, which is botanically known as Lawsonia Inermis. The flowers of this plant are used in the preparation of cosmetics. It is a 3-4 feet tall plant, which can grow up to 2.5-3 meters in height. Henna grows in hot climatic conditions and is widely grown in India, Sudan, Middle East and North Africa. But Indian Henna is known as the best coloring henna in the world.

Crane manufacturing industry lifts up in Faridabad

Faridabad is witnessing a steep growth in the industry owing to the presence of - some of the biggest players - Escorts, ACE, JCB, and OME. These companies form a part of the select 13 companies that manufacture cranes in the country. Adoption of the latest technologies has helped the industry post impressive growth rate.

Pay toll for zip drive from Gurgaon to Faridabad

Commuters using Gurgaon-Faridabad Road will have to pay toll from mid-April when this 25-km stretch becomes commercially operational. Car users will have to pay Rs 15 per trip while the user fee will be higher in case of other category vehicles.
Haryana PWD had given the contract of widening the road to Reliance Infrastructure on build-operate-&-transfer basis. "The work is almost over. Now, the developer has put the infrastructure in place to collect toll," said Mahesh Kumar, engineer-in-chief, Haryana PWD.

IOC Faridabad unit to pump in bio-fuel; R&D unit gearing to reduce pressure on conventional fuel

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Limited's R&D facility in Faridabad is going to unveil second generation bio-fuels in the next 3-4 years, as a result of a decade-long rigorous research work. Confirming the development, Dr RK Malhotra, director of the research facility said, "If the research and development work initiated for second and third generation bio-fuels succeeds, in next 3-4 years the pressure on supply of fossil fuels will go down by around 10 percent."

DMRC begins work on Badarpur-Faridabad Metro link

In good news for residents of Faridabad, Delhi Metro on Wednesday began construction of the 14-km link that connects the satellite city with the national capital. The laying of foundation for piers/pillars on which viaduct will be put up began today at Faridabad in the presence of Delhi Metro Managing Director Mangu Singh and officials from Haryana Government. The first piling work started near Sector 28, Faridabad on the Mathura Road National Highway.The fully-elevated corridor, the longest Metro line in the NCR, will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 2,533 crore by 2016 when the Delhi Metro's Phase-III is expected to be completed. The Badarpur-Faridabad link is an extension of the existing Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor and will be integrated with it after completion. According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the daily ridership of this 13.875 km Metro corridor is expected to be 2.14 lakhs (in 2014 after commissioning of the corridor for the public). The civil contract for the construction of this corridor has been awarded in February, 2012, and the corridor will be commissioned by end of 2014.

The average height of the pillars on this corridor will be approximately 9 meters and over 500 piers (pillar) will be erected to make the viaduct for this corridor. "On this corridor, Delhi Metro will be using specially designed pre-cast U shaped girders to complete the viaduct in a short time of 20 months. This is for the first time in Delhi Metro's history where a single span of approx. 27 metres in length and weighing about 160 tonnes will be used," a DMRC spokesman said.

New diocese for Syro-Malabar Church in Faridabad

Pope Benedict XVI established the Faridabad diocese and Msgr Kuriakose Bharanikulangara was appointed the first bishop of the diocese. The Christ the King Church will be elevated as a cathedral. Faridabad is the 30th diocese of the Church. The diocese of Faridabad comprises the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and the districts of Gautambudhnagar and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. The diocese is spread over an area of 9.50 lakh square kilometres. The Bishop of Faridabad will take care of around 1 lakh Syro-Malabar Catholics. More than 44 priests and 200 nuns are serving at different parishes in the region