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Airports
Goa has well developed international airport with customs clearance facilities and well connected to major cities of India, besides facilities for chartered flights.
Goa's Dabolim International Airport is 25 km away from the State Capital, Panaji. Chartered flights from European countries arrive here regularly. The airport has customs clearance facilities. Goa is linked to Bombay, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Madras, Hyderabad, Cochin and Trivandrum by air.
Water Transport
Goa has a well developed internal water transport network formed by a grid of navigable rivers. This offers industries a most economical mode of transport for their goods and raw material throughout the State. The barges that ply the internal water network are swift, efficient and most important, reliable.
Banking and Finance
Several all India Financial Institutions along with the State's Financial and Infrastructure Developmental Organisations help entrepreneurs to get a firm foothold in Goa without any inconvenience.
Roads
Goa has 195 km for every 100sq. Km, against the National average of 50 Kms of roads for 100 sq. km.
Well connected by two national highways along the West coast, namely NH4A and NH17, besides the dense network of metallic roads connecting the state to other parts of the country.
Railway
South-Central Railway and Konkan Railway providing rail links with major cities. Well linked by rail South-Central railway to Bangalore, Delhi, Bombay and Secundrabad and proposed to be well connected with Konkan railway from Bombay to Mangalore.
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Ports
Excellent all weather international port with multipurpose general cargo berth and fully containerised service operations.
Mormugao port is one of the best all weather natural ports in India. It can accommodate over 50 ships in outer anchorage. Port has mechanised loading facility, an oil berth and general Cargo berth. Minor ports are also available along the river.
Power
Compared to the National pattern of industrial power consumption, the share of the industrial sector in the Goa power pie is much larger. The power supply situated is therefore more than comfortable for industrial users. Goa's per capita power consumption which is 690 kwh is good indicator to current power supply situation. Abundant power available through central grid from super thermal power stations.
Water
Goa has sufficient water for domestic as well as industrial uses. To cater for the future requirement the state Government has initiated the Selaulim Water Supply project.
Water available in adequate quantity and is piped through Asnora, Selaulim and Opa reservoirs.
Telecom
The Telecom facilities in Goa are on par with other metro cities in the country. Optical fibre provides high speed access to a wide range of Internet related services from Email to the WWW. Goa is the second State of the Country to achieve 100% automatic telephone system, with a very good network of Telephone Exchanges.
All towns are well connected to the STD and ISD network with 100% automatic telephone system and is being connected to optical fibre network.
Excellent ISD/STD networks for communication.
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