Balewadi is one of the suburbs located in North West region of Pune. This suburb is famous for its occurrence to the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. This complex has organizes many national games in 1994 and also in Commonwealth Youth games in 2008.
This suburb is linked with Pune Municipal Corporation, Chinchwad, Pune Cantonment, and Alandi via Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses. Balewadi is one of the well developing areas in Pune from the point of view of real estate business, because of its close proximity to Hinjewadi IT Park. Due to this, the prices of properties in this area are very high (ranging from Rs 4500 to 5500 per sq feet for an apartment in Yr 2011-12). Number of commercial Buildings is under construction in Balewadi near sports complex.
Balewadi suburb is the prime location of INDIA HOUSE, which is India’s acclaimed architectural studio, art gallery and also a seminar center for the arts. A Museum is also planned to be constructed in Balewadi, for dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar. A New Bridge from Balewadi to Pimple Nilakh, connecting Balewadi with other suburbs across Mula River is recently inaugurated. Rapid Bus Transit is also planned to construct from Airport to Balewadi by the Pune Municipal Corporation.
Balewadi suburb also hosts many educational institutes and soon going to become educational hub in Pune. Schools and colleges in Balewadi include:
- Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium School
- D.M.I.R.
- National Institute of Construction Management and Research (NICMAR)
- MITCON Institute of Management
- Moze Engineering College
- N.I.A.
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi was built in 1994. This complex hosts multiple stadiums which includes:
Football
American Football
Rollball
VolleyBall
Athletics Stadium
Aquatics Centre
Badminton Hall
Basketball
Boxing Arena
Shooting Range
Table Tennis Hall
Weightlifting Hall
Tennis Court
Wrestling Hall
Velodrome
Cultural Centre
Sports Science Centre
Fitness Centre
Racently Indian Premier League (IPL 6) is started, in which team of Pune city (Pune Worrier Indians) also participates. So many sport lovers came to Pune to enjoy these matches. All the features of this Balewadi suburb, makes it more efficient and popular, and so there is great demand for the hotels in Balewadi.
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