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INDIAN STATE : MEGHALAYA
Rail
Guwahati (103 km from Shillong) is the nearest railway
station connecting the Northeast region with the rest
of the country through a broad gauge track network.
There is a plan for extending the rail link from Guwahati
to Byrnihat (20 km From Guwahati) within Meghalaya.
Road
The road length at the time of creation of Meghalaya
in 1970 was only 2786.68 km which has gone up to 7633.00
Km by 31st March 2003, out of which 3691 km is black
topped and remaining 3942 km is graveled. The road density
has increased from 12.35 km per 100 square kilometer
to 34.03 km per 100 square.
Aviation
Umroi (35 km from Shillong) is the
only airport in Meghalaya having landing facility for
smaller aircrafts and is having flight connected with
Kolkata, Aizawl and Silchar. Another small airport is
planned near Tura. Borjhar, the most important airport
in the North-Eastern Sector have facility for bigger
jet aircrafts (like Boeing and Airbus) is 124 km from
Shillong. There is also a helicopter service connecting
Shillong to Guwahati and Tura
Telecommunications
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited offers
the latest services in the state that telecommunication
technology can offer. Following services are being offered
by BSNL viz. Telephone, Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN), Intelligent Network (IN), High Speed
VSAT Network (HVNET), Remote Area Business Message Network
(RABMN), Internet, Inet, Wireless in Local Loop (WLL),
Leased Circuits, Telegraph, Centrex services at Shillong.
State of the art computer and communication
network was also established in all the District Headquarters,
linking through VSAT the District Headquarters with
the State Capital and also with various states in the
country and Central Ministries at Delhi through NIC.A
Single. Channel Per Carrier-Demand Assignment Multiple.
Access Very Small Aperture Terminal (SCPC DAMA VSAT)
was installed in the National Informatics Centre (NIC)
State Centre for accessing INTERNET services and Video
Conferencing. Another SCPC VSAT was setup in North Eastern
Council (NEC), Shillong for Video Conferencing facilities.
This enable Shillong to be connected with the rest of
the country through Video Conferencing.
Social infrastructure
Health
Medical facilities
List of hospitals in Meghalaya
Government Hospitals:
- Civil Hospital, Shillong
- Civil Hospital, Tura
- Civil Hospital, Nongstoin
- Civil Hospital, Williamnagar
- Civil Hospital, Jowai
- Ganesh Das Hospital, Shillong
- R P Chest Hospital, Shillong
Private Hospitals:
- K J P Synod Hospital, Shillong
- K J P Synod Hospital, Jowai
- Nazareth Hospital, Shillong
- Christian Hospital, Tura
- Bethany Hospital, Shillong
- Wood Land Hospital, Shillong
- Bethesda Hospital, Shillong
By 31-12-2003, 13 State Government Dispensaries, 22
Community Health Centres, 93 Primary Health Centres,
408 Sub-Centres and have been made functional in the
State.
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