NATION AL INSTITUTE OF

FASHION TECHNOLOGY -
PANCHKULA 1

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY

• Panchkula is newly formed 17th district of Haryana State. .
• Panchkula is located in the north of Haryana state.
• It is surrounded by Patiala district of Punjab and Chandigarh in the
West; Solan and Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh in the North and
South as well. as East by Ambala.
• Panchkula district enjoys the privilege of having the beautiful hill track
of Haryana, the only beautiful hill resort at Morni Hills.
• District occupies a prominent place in the industrial;
map of Haryana.
• It is a satellite city of the Union Territory of
Chandigarh.
• The prestigious Chandimandir Cantonment
Headquarters of the Indian Western Command is also
located in Panchkula city.
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 • The site is OF 15 ACRES located in Chandigarh
metropolitan area beside sector 23.

GOLF
Nh 73
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The site is an illegal dumping ground at
present.
The site comes under institutional and
recreational area .
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COAST • It lies in extended panchkula city between
NIFT PANCHKULA nh22 and nh73 just beside ghaggra river.
SITE • The connectivity of the site from nh22 is via
Nh 22 bridge.

bridge

SITE TOPOGRAPHY

CLIMATE
• PANCHKULA EXPERIENCES A
SUBTROPICAL CONTINENTAL MONSOON
CLIMATE .
• Av. Annual rainfall – 62.5 mm
• Av temperature
summer – 30 – 39 degree
winter – minimum - -1 – 5
maximum – 5 – 14
• Av Humidity 62%
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 VEGETATION
• The district has practically no
forest except grown by the both
sides of roads and canals by govt.
departments. However, total area
under forest in the district is 384
sq. km. which is about 42.76% of
the total geographical area (898
Sq. Kms.) of the
SLOPE
Generally the slope of the district is
from north east to south west and in
this direction, most of the
rivers/streams rainfed torrents flow
down and spread much gravel and
pebbles in their beds. Only the SIRSA
RIVER, In kalka Tehsil, flows towards
northwest. The site is mostly flat land
WATER AVAILABILITY
A good network of canals is providing irrigation facilities
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underground water level is not relatively high. Tube well irrigation is
also common in the district. It is one of the prosperous districts from
agricultural point of view.
MINERAL AVAILABILTY
Minerals play an important role in development of
industries in area. District Panchkula is rich in respect of
Mineral resources. Sand, Bajri, Stone and loamiest are the
main mineral available in the district. Ghagar is the only
river passes through the district. There is crushing zone
having approx. 50 crushers namely “Burj Kotian” near
Chandimandir. These stone crushers are supplying building
materials to Delhi, Punjab Chandigarh and Panchkula.
WIND DIRECTION AND SUNPATH
SOIL CONDITION
Due to the presence of the river
ghaggar the terrain contains
light loamy soil which makes it
suitable for construction
because of its high bearing
capacity and low infiltration and
permeability ratio
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 KEY DISTANCES
• CHANDIGARH RAILWAY STATION 8.2 KM-
17MINUTES VIA NH73
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CHANDIGARH AIRPORT 11.6 KM-19 MINUTES
VIA NH22
CHANDIGARH BUS STAND 16.1 KM- 30
MINUTES
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TRAFFIC MOVEMENT
Due to the presence of 2 major national
highways nh22 and nh73 and an industrial
SITE sector nearby the area has a heavy traffic
flow, having more number of commercial
vehicles like trucks, busses etc.

NEARBY CITIES
 Zirakpur 8.8 km
• CHANDIGARH
METROPOLITAN AREA 12 KM  Dera Bassi 9 km
GOLF COURSE - 1 KM NADA SAHIB GURUDWARA 1.1KM
 Panchkula 10 km
 Mohali / SAS Nagar 24 km
 Kharar 26 km
 Ambala 32 km
 Shahabad Markanda 56 km
 Yamunanagar-Jagadhri 63 km
 Jagadhri 65 km

CRICKET STADIUM- 1.5 KM IT PARK - 1.1 KM

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 SITE JUSTIFICATON

• Transportation and connectivity of

the site is very good since it is
closely connected to the
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Chandigarh metropolitan area.
• Major highways presence make the
transportation more easy and
accessible to the nearby cities.

• The presence of panchkula golf course and

the river ghaggar make the site more green
and gives it a good appealing view .
• Chandigarh being a metropolitan city and
panchkula being closely related to it good
flow of students will be towards the
institution. Also the growing fashion trends
will even attract students to be a part of
the institution hence nift setup in panchkula
will be beneficial
• One of the major reasons for the chosen
site for nift Is the close link of industrial
area.
• Industries of textile etc will be very
beneficial for nift where we have courses
of texitle designing.
• Also due to the presence of industries
CONTOUR MAP around good availability of raw materials
such as textile, wood, paper etc which are
used in the workshops of nift.
• The surrounding of the site is largely
vacant and is an illegal dumping ground at
the moment.
• It is expected that more such institutional l
facilities will develop in the coming future .

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ANALYSIS FOR DESIGN
• The red color shows the maximum flat area which is at 0 level.
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Level 2 is the maximum height in the given site area where water tanks and other motor generated services
can be placed.
The slope of the side is towards the main road which is 9 m wide. Sanitary lines moves along the road side.
Placing of
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The septic
tank
connection 9 m wide road
from this
area will be
beneficial NORTH
for easy
flow of
waste. Flat
Highest land
• There are 2 Point 2 m up
roads for
the approach
to the site.
• On the left
of the main
road river
ghaggar is
moving which
makes the Natural slope
natural
River
slope ghaggar
towards
itself.
• Also beside
the river is
panchkula
golf course
which makes
the view
Proposed
more
hospital
appealing

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