Ber Sarai
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Ber Sarai is a small neighborhood located between Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the IIT Delhi area in the Southwest of New Delhi, India.
The closest road is an undivided wide road that forms the link between the Outer Ring Road and other areas of Outer Delhi such as Vasant Kunj. As this road forms a conduit, it sees heavy vehicular traffic in both directions. Within a 5 mile radius lie such places as NCERT, Munirka, Ram Krishna Puram, Jiya Sarai, Yusuf Sarai, Hauz Khas, Safdurjung Enclave, Malviya Nagar, Green Park, DLTA and Vasant Vihar. It is approximately 45 minutes by car from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
[edit] Overview
The neighborhood actually has two distinct portions: Ber Sarai Village and Ber Sarai Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Flats. The village, which is much larger in area, is the home of wealthy Jats (and several poorer families as well) that own most of the land and also own and operate some private buses on the roads of Delhi. The DDA Flats house middle class families. The village shares a wall with the hostel area of IIT Delhi and is, in present form, a dense collection of houses mixed with shops.
[edit] Electoral details
The Ber Sarai neighborhood comes in the "Outer Delhi" electoral constituency of Delhi. This constituency has been the battleground of two candidates over the years: Sajjan Kumar of Congress (I) and Sahib Singh Verma of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
