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Dusty, noisy and polluted - a construction site in New Delhi. This is the location of the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College coming up near Safdarjung Hospital along the Ring Road in New Delhi, near AIIMS crossing. Delhi is a metropolitan region in India that includes the national capital city, New Delhi. With a population of 22 million in 2011, it is the world's second most populous city and the largest city in India in terms of area.The NCT and its urban region have been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under the Constitution of India's 69th amendment act of 1991. The NCR includes the neighbouring cities of Baghpat, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and other nearby towns, and has nearly 22.2 million residents. Although technically a fede