Thereafter, with the establishment SIDCUL Integrated Industrial Estate in 2002, Shivalik Nagar experienced a realty boom.[1][2] It overlooks the Sivalik Hills Range of the lower Himalayas, after which it is named, and is partly encircled from east to west, by Ranipur Rao, a seasonal stream, that starts from Shivalik hills at the edge of Rajaji National Park, and now merges with Ganges Canal, ahead of Bahadrabad.It is situated 10 km from Haridwar city, at the edge of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur township and the SIDCUL industrial estate of state government.Prior to it, to the west of Shivalik Nagar, industrial area, which consisted of heavy machinery ancillary units to BHEL, developed in 1980s.Bahadarabad is one of the oldest Industrial areas of Haridwar, with various manufacturing factories like Ice, Newspaper Printing, Refrigeration Gas etc.