The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will set up a modern Terminal Market Yard for Livestock on the city outskirts soon. To come up on the “Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT)” basis, the yard will offer multiple choices for sale.
The choices will include electronic auction, and direct sale to exporter, processor and retail chain network under a single roof.
FACILITIES
It will provide stockyard infrastructure and offer a choice to trade on a future day. It aims to offer a onestop solutions, logistic support, including transport services, extension support and advisory to farmers.
GHMC officials told Express that the yard would help link farmers to markets by shortening the supply chain of livestock and enhance their efficiency and increase farmer’s income.
It is envisaged to provide professionally managed competitive alternative marketing structures with state-of-the-art technology that provides multiple choices to farmers for selling their livestock and ensure transparency in pricing and transactions.
Provision of backward linkages will enable farmers to know the prices ruling the market at a given time and bargain for a better price.
The yard will establish backward linkages with farmers through collection centres and have effective forward linkages with wholesalers, exporters, organised retail chains, food processing units, retailers etc. thus providing better farm-to-market and customer linkages.
The auction will be electronic to ensure transparency in price fixation and competition.
FROM JUMBOS TO BIRDS
The officials said the livestock to be traded at the Terminal Market Yard would include milch cattle, wild animals, elephants, horses, ponies, mules, dogs, donkeys, camels, sheep, goats, pigs, emu/ostrich, ducks, poultry, fish, prawns, country fowl, pet birds, laboratory animals, milk and dairy products, marine products, meat and meat products, poultry products, other livestock byproducts like skins, wool, bones, horns and hoofs, and veterinary medicines and vaccines.
SEPTEMBER 26 LAST DATE FOR EOI
The yard, will come up on BOOT basis, will be operated by a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to be constituted under the Companies Act 1956 by the successful bidder.
The corporation has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) in sealed covers containing qualifications, and technical and financial details from interested and eligible parties to qualify for the “Request For Proposal” (RFP) stage to participate in bidding.
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