Dasna, Ghaziabad

Dasna is a fast-growing locality situated in the northeastern part of Ghaziabad. It is on the outskirts of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and offers very affordable rates for rentals starting from around Rs. 9000 or 10000. For house buyers, the rates are around Rs. 3590 per square foot. It shares close proximity with some other popular localities and some major business houses in the neighbourhood such as Coca-Cola, Rathi Steel, Ashtech, Atlas cycles, IPSA locks, etc.

The affordable housing prices and steady development have been attracting more and more people to move here, making it a popular hotspot in the real estate market.

The builders in the locality have been rolling out 4 and 5 BHK apartments to let the residents experience the comfort of spacious living. Some of the societies have been developed with a view to letting the locals experience the comfort of the entire city with a radius of just a few km and therefore they have built all the prime and basic civic amenities around the societies. These include schools, hospitals, banks, ATMs, shopping centres etc.

Most gated communities and societies also provide enough parking spaces for the locals, so that they do not need to worry about where to park their vehicles. The communities are clean and the locality has a lot of religious places around.

If you see it from the safety point of view, the locality is not considered very safe, especially for women. There have been several incidents of pocket-picking, snatching bags or jewellery and even robbery. The police patrolling has been increased and it is now very tight, but some cases are still being reported. Therefore it is important to be cautious in this area.

Another problem here is the rising levels of pollution. The locality is close to factories and industrial areas. So emission of various chemicals from these places has polluted the air and contaminated the water supply as well. Water contamination has been the reason for various health hazards here.

Dasna is on the outskirts of NH 24, and the Delhi-Meerut Expressway links it to various other prime locations around the locality. It is also closely connected to the railway station and other important roads. It has several police stations around and for safety purposes, more street lights and night vision security cameras have been added. The closest railway station here is the Dasna train station and Adhyatmik Nagar Halt. Buses under UPSRTC and auto rickshaws offer an easy mode of public conveyance along with remote cabs offering round the clock services.

The livability index of the locality is good and that is why its popularity has been rising recently in the real estate market.

When it comes to infrastructure, the popularity of the locality has been rising. It has now got various hospitals and healthcare centres such as Santosh Speciality Hospital, Sarvodaya Hospital and Research Centre, Rajaji Charitable Hospital etc. Al-Madina Public School and the Sky High Modern School are some of the schools here. When it comes to shopping there are several shopping centres around here such as Tomar Market, Dev Kumar Market, and several other markets from where you can buy your groceries, fruits and vegetables.

• Dasna is just 3.88 km from Govindpuram, 4.92 km from Shastri Nagar and 6.3 km from Sadarpur
• It takes 12 mins to reach Govindpuram, 15 minutes to Shastri Nagar and 20 minutes on average to reach Sadarpur
• The cabs in the locality are very reasonable and you can reach all three abovementioned localities under a fare of Rs. 250 from Dasna.
• The locality offers all sorts of public transportation and you can easily avail them from anywhere.

The locality has been rated at 4.1 stars out of 5 by the locals. It is a nice place to live overall.

Dasna is very accessible from several locations in Ghaziabad, but the best and the most convenient way would be to take a cab to reach here. But depending on your location, you can also take the metro or even an auto rickshaw. There are also ample buses running around.