Delhi's Overflow Is Sonipat's Gain: What's Behind This NCR City's Boom

For years, Sonipat was largely seen as a city people crossed on their way to somewhere else. That perception is changing rapidly.As Delhi, Gurugram and Noida grapple with soaring property prices, traffic congestion and shrinking land availability, attention is shifting towards the National Capital Region's emerging growth centres. Sonipat has quietly moved to the front of that queue.The change isn't happening overnight. It is being driven by a combination of massive infrastructure projects, government-backed urban planning, and improving social infrastructure. All this is steadily turning the Haryana city into a serious residential and investment destination.The timing is significant.Knight Frank India's latest assessment of the proposed NCR Regional Plan 2041 points to a broader shift in the region's development strategy. Instead of allowing Delhi to absorb most of the growth, planners now want multiple self-sustained urban centres across NCR.