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Shillong the capital city of Megahalya, which was
planned by the British as a hill resort, has undergone substantial change – both in
character and form. A tiny administrative unit has now become a vibrating city with
commercial activity overshadowing the hill resort.
Population of Shillong which
in 1872 was 1368 persons now stands at around 2.50 lakhs. With the rapid growth of
urbanisation, Shillong now faces shortage of water, inadequacy of sanitation and civic
services that are strained to the limit. Shillong at present has the problem of a big city
including long and unending queues of cars, a long line of kerosene consumers and degraded
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Shillong like any
other towns has developed principally as an administrative and commercial centre employing
a large number of workers in these sectors. With the growth of commercial activity and
with the sustained increase in population the city infrastructure has been utilized to the
limit. Shillong means the area for
the time being comprises within the municipality of shillong.
Shillong under the Shillong Municipal area with its
institutions is a proud heritage of the public who inherit its culture and character. As
on today, shillong being the heart of education the important and well recognised colleges
and schools like
- St. Anthony’s College
- Shillong College
- St. Mary’s College
- St. Edmund’s College
- Lady Keane College
- Commerce College
- Synod College
- Sankardev College
- Women’s College
- Seng Khasi College
- Raid Laban College
And schools like
- St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School
- St. Edmund’s School
- St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian School
- Loreto Convent School
- Government Schools
- Khasi Pnar School
- St. Dominic School and many more colleges and schools enrich the knowledge on
educational live.
Shillong is so in the existence of
five churches like Catholic Church, Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod, All Saint Catheral
and others. Meghalaya especially shillong under the municipality limit has high potential
for the development of tourism. Ideal climate and other factors make shillong an area of
tourists attraction, hundreds and hundreds of tourists visit shillong. Recently the
Government has declared some places, churches as tourist spots.
The presence of Wards Lake, Lady Hyderi Park,
botanical garden attracts the beauty of shillong. The public are very much interested to
spend their evenings and holidays in these beautiful places.
Apart from Iewduh which does not fall in within the
Shillong Municipal Area, the Laitumkhrah market has been considered as one of the big
markets in shillong.
People from in and out the state are in full
satisfaction when they come from long journey to see that they can easily relax themselves
for the nights and days in Pinewood Hotel, Polo Towers Hotel, Pegasus Crown Hotel, Centre
Point Hotel, Broadway and other hotels.
Lastly the government needs to steer the wheel of
administration for the interest of public and developments in every nook and corner and
thereby many big offices such as Main Secretariat, Additional Secretariat, 3rd
Secretariat, Urban development, etc. exist in the state of Meghalaya are within the
Shillong Municipal area.
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