Mevaram
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mevaram
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Mevaram Junction in Kollam city, Mar 2017`.jpg
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| image_caption = Kollam Bypass at Mevaram
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kollam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8.868936|N|76.643635|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = City
| subdivision_name1 = Kollam
| subdivision_type4 = City Zone
| subdivision_name4 = Eravipuram
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| government_type =Council
| governing_body = Kollam Municipal Corporation,
Mayyanad Panchayat
|leader_title1 = MP
| leader_name1 = N.K Premachandran
| leader_title2 = MLA
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 691020
| registration_plate = KL-02
| blank1_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature
| blank1_info_sec2 = {{convert|33|°C|°F}}
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| blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|21|°C|°F}}
| website = http://www.kollam.nic.in
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Mevaram, is a neighbourhood and a junction in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. The Kollam Bypass, which forms part of National Highway-66, begins from Mevaram junction.{{cite news|author=Jisha Surya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Alappuzha-Kollam-bypasses-may-be-toll-roads/articleshow/29918126.cms |title=Alappuzha, Kollam bypasses may be toll roads |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2014-02-06 |access-date=2014-06-16}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/kollam-bypass-central-team-conducts-alignment-study/article3454619.ece |title=Kollam bypass: Central team conducts alignment study |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2012-05-25 |access-date=2014-06-16}} Mevaram is located at the borders of Kollam Municipal Corporation. It is the southern tip of Kollam City.
Mevaram-Emerging healthcare hub of Kollam
Mevaram is now a hot spot of Kollam city due to the presence of high number of super-speciality hospitals. Travancore Medicity Medical College, Meditrina Hospital (Kollam's tertiary care hospital), N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences (South Kerala's largest co-operative hospital), N.S Ayurveda Hospital, Ashtamudi Hospital & Trauma Care Centre (an initiative from a group of doctors) are hospitals in the Mevaram-Ayathil stretch.
Institutions and hospitals near Mevaram
- Travancore Medical College Hospital, Kollam
- N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences
- N.S. Ayurveda Hospital
- Meditrina Hospital, Ayathil
- Ashtamudi Hospital
- Sarathy true value
- Muthoot Tata
- AMW{{clarify|date=April 2021}}
- BeMax Academy
- Vadakkevila Co-operative Bank Mevaram Branch
- Lalas Convention Center
- Grand Auditorium
Nearby towns
See also
References
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{{Kollam district}}
Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam
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