Kanpur, spelled as Cawnpore before 1948, is the tenth most populous city in India and the largest within the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the largest city of the Hindi-speaking belt after Delhi. It remains one of the oldest industrial townships of North India, although it has not kept pace with IT industry growth in the rest of India due to political indifference.It has a metropolitan area of over and a city area of around 829 km2 with an approximate population of 5 million inhabitants. Such a huge population implies numerous problems with traffic

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