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Ponda is the fastest-growing locality in North Goa. It is home to many industrial estates and factories and is hence known as the state's industrial center. Priol, Curti, Paddle, Bandoda, Vadi, and Talewada are some of the close-by areas. Renowned educational institutions and closeness to modern bequests are driving the development of the residential fragment.

Goa International Airport is within 46 minutes away from Ponda through NH 566. Known roads adding to the consistent network are NH 566 and NH 748. The NH 748 goes through Ponda, which associates Panaji with Belgaum. Transports are utilized for the neighborhood drive as well as highway drive. There are no railroad stations within a 10km area, and Karmali Railway station is around 23km away.

Ponda is home to known educational institutions like the National Institute of Technology (NIT), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kendriya Vidyalaya, Goa Engineering College (GEC), and so on. Emergency clinics in and around this territory are Savarkar Hospital, Dr. Juwarkar's Hospital, Singbal Hospital, Platicare Hospital, etc. Shopping centers situated inside 1km are The Atrium Mall, Menino Trade Center, and Ponda Market Complex, among others.

Organizations, for example, Nishita Industries, Modern Plastic Industries, Ajanta Pharmaceuticals, Goldy Finepacks, Libox Chem, M P Engineering Constructions, and so on, are in these modern homes.

Ponda, known as Antruz Mahal as a result of the convergence of culture, music, show, and verse, likewise houses the sanctuaries of Lord Mangesh (Shiva), Lord Nagesh, Lord Ganapati, Lord Ramnath, and the Goddesses Mhalasa and Shantdurga.

It is well known for the five significant sanctuaries arranged around the town and has the biggest mosque in Goa. The vast majority of these sanctuaries look new as they have been re-established after being obliterated by the Portuguese. That makes sense of why there were no sanctuaries around the coast, which was the great domain of the Portuguese.

Ponda is additionally a significant vehicle connect. The town was brought into the world after the Portuguese assumed control over the area in 1791 from the Raja of Sonda and attached it alongside Quepem, Canacona, and Sanguem, shaping the New Conquests.

It started as a regulatory focus with the foundation of authoritative workplaces and courts and, before long, turned into a business community. A large portion of the area known as Ponda today was a piece of "Quela" town. It lies decisively along the primary Panaji-Margao expressway and is open to the adjoining locality of Karnataka through the Ponda-Belgaum interstate or the NH-4. Goa College of Engineering is close by Farmagudi.

Ponda taluka is generally well known for its sanctuaries, the majority of which have made the region their home for a long time. The following relocation from their unique destinations somewhere else in Portuguese involved Goa during the beginning of the Inquisition. The locality is also the doorway to Goa's untamed life safe-havens, the Bondla and the Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Dudhsagar Waterfalls.