Terminal Marketing Complexes to come up in TN

Tiruchirapalli, Feb 23 (UNI) In a bid to give a fillip to agro products and perishables marketing, the government will establish Terminal Market Complexes (TMC) at Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore shortly, a top official today said.

Delivering his inaugural address at the VI Edition of the 'AGRICON,' the annual agricultural conference of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department Special Secretary Jatindranath Swain said the TMCs would function as a one-stop facility for perishables and agro-products.

The proposal was mooted by the Centre which will hold 49 per cent equity stake in the project with the balance in the hands of private stakeholders.

The state government would provide land by motivating farmers and promoters who would be from the locals. The National Institute of Agriculture Management in Jaipur was entrusted with the task of preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR), which, he said, would be ready in two months.

The TMCs would take shape in two years thereon. The state Government had already identified about 100 acre of land near Chennai and was in the process of earmarking sites at Coimbatore and Madurai.

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