ABOUT ROORKEE

Roorkee is located on the banks of the Ganges canal on the national highway, NH 334. Roorkee is also known for Bengal Engineering Group & Centre (Bengal Sappers), one of the country's oldest cantonments. Roorkee is very near to the gateway of pilgrimage, namely Hardwar (30 km) in Uttarakhand. Rookee has a typical climate as in the plains of Northern India, with a touch of winter chill.

Roorkee is also well connected by road and rail to Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar and Kolkata. The nearest airports are at Dehradun, Chandigarh and Delhi. It takes about 1, 3 and 4 hrs. respectively to reach these airports.