Delhi to set up chicken processing unit on PPP mode
The Delhi Agri Marketing Board (DAMB) is adopting the public-private partnership route to set up the first chicken processing unit, slated to open for trade just ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
By Arun Iyer, TNN |
BANGALORE: The Delhi Agri Marketing Board (DAMB) is adopting the public-private partnership route to set up the first chicken processing unit, slated to open for trade just ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The board has already floated tenders inviting participation for the Rs 63-crore project.
Once this facility is operational, sources said, Delhi would sport a new modern meat food complex on NH 24 catering not just to the citizens of Delhi but also neighbouring cities.
DAMB would make available seven acres of the 15-acre plot where the current chicken market is functioning at Gazipur on the Delhi-UP border (NH-24).
The successful concessionary would operate the facility for a period not exceeding 16.5 years, sources told ET. The concessionary would have to float a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and would hold a 51% stake in the said SPV.
The facility would have a capacity to process 5,000 birds per hour in single shift (eight hours) to process 40,000 birds in a day.
Delhites consume, on an average, around 2,40,000 birds daily and close to 50,000 of them are supplied after being manually slaughtered in the existing poultry market at Gazipur. Broiler consumption in Delhi is growing at 15-20% driven by rising demand from a health conscious population.
Hotels in Delhi receive frozen chicken from Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore and Hyderabad where processing plants are located. Keeping in view the huge market in NCR, which is growing at a good rate, the proposed plant is expected to run to capacity.
The existing market at Gazipur has two sheds which are temporary and have nearly 90 shops. The new facility would have 120 shops.
Once this facility is operational, sources said, Delhi would sport a new modern meat food complex on NH 24 catering not just to the citizens of Delhi but also neighbouring cities.
DAMB would make available seven acres of the 15-acre plot where the current chicken market is functioning at Gazipur on the Delhi-UP border (NH-24).
The successful concessionary would operate the facility for a period not exceeding 16.5 years, sources told ET. The concessionary would have to float a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and would hold a 51% stake in the said SPV.
The facility would have a capacity to process 5,000 birds per hour in single shift (eight hours) to process 40,000 birds in a day.
Delhites consume, on an average, around 2,40,000 birds daily and close to 50,000 of them are supplied after being manually slaughtered in the existing poultry market at Gazipur. Broiler consumption in Delhi is growing at 15-20% driven by rising demand from a health conscious population.
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Delhi’s broiler requirements are met by supplies from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. Broiler growth in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is expected to be 9.6% and 13.33%, respectively.Hotels in Delhi receive frozen chicken from Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore and Hyderabad where processing plants are located. Keeping in view the huge market in NCR, which is growing at a good rate, the proposed plant is expected to run to capacity.
The existing market at Gazipur has two sheds which are temporary and have nearly 90 shops. The new facility would have 120 shops.
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