Spices Park - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu
Last updated on 19-01-2015, 13:32
The Spices Park at Sivaganga is aimed at setting up of infrastructure and processing facilities for the Spices like Turmeric & Chilly. Government of Tamil Nadu has allotted 29.43 Ha of land in Kottagudi village of Sivaganga Taluk to the Board for establishing the Spices Park project. The entire infrastructure like wide road, drain, compound wall, Time House, overhead water tank, weighing bridge, canteen, warehousing etc has been established in addition to the processing facility for Chilly & Turmeric and Steam Sterilization system. The objective of park is to educate farmers on the cultivation and facilities available at park, propagating the entrepreneurs for start-ups and explore possibility of international tie ups and foreign investment.
The Spices Park project is scheduled in phased manner. The first phase of the project has been completed with an estimated cost of Rs.18.50 crore. Currently the Park is ready to commence its operation. The Board is in the process of commencing the Operation of the Spices Park and associating the entrepreneurs for setting up their own processing facilities in the Park .
Master Plan of the Project of Spices Park at Sivaganga
Layout of the common & Processing facilities established
The Board had established all basic common infrastructure facilities in the Park in addition to the processing facilities for the Spices like Chilli and Turmeric. The details of the common infrastructure and processing facilities established in the park are as follows
Basic infrastructure facilities established
Board has developed basic infrastructures facilities like internal Road, Drainage, Water supply, Power Station, Common Generator for power backup etc. The detailed component of the facilities established are as follows
(Time Office & Security System)
(Administrative Block including training Centre, Bank & QC Lab)
(Canteen facility)
(Electrical Sub Station Building)
(Weighing Bridge)
Warehousing & Processing facilities established in the Park
1.Warehousing facility for Chilli
(Raw material Godown for Chilli)
(Finished material Godown for Chilli)
2.Chilli Processing facilities
Facilities Established Chilli Processing and Value addition
| Sl No | Details of equipments | Capacity |
| 1. | Chilly Feeding System including Vibro feeder | 1 ton / hr |
| 2. | Pre- cleaning Machine | 1 ton / hr |
| 3. | Hammer Mill (2 Nos) | 500 kg/hr (each) |
| 4. | Cooling Machine | |
| 5. | Dust Collection System | |
| 6. | Powder Sifter 2 nos | 500 kg / hr |
| 7. | Screw Conveyor | |
| 8. | Blender (2Nos) | 500 kg/hr |
| 9. | Material Collection Silo | 2 Tonne |
| 10. | Gravity Feed Metal Detector | |
| 11. | Bulk Packing Machine (2 Nos) | 1 ton / hr |
| 12. | Vertical Form fill Sealing Machine - Multiple pouch size packing provision | 50 packs per minute |
(Plant Building for Chilly)
(Processing machinery for Chilly)
3. Warehousing facility for Turmeric
(Raw material Godown for Turmeric)
(Finished material Godown for Turmeric)
4. Turmeric Processing facilities
| Sl No | Details of equipments | Capacity |
| 1. | Turmeric Feeding System with Pneumatic Vibro feeder | 1 ton / hr |
| 2. | Pre- cleaning Machine | 1 ton / hr |
| 3. | Turmeric Polisher | 500 kg/hr |
| 4. | Disintegrator | 500 kg / hr |
| 5. | Hammer Mill (2 Nos) | 500 kg / hr |
| 6. | Cooling Machine | |
| 7. | Dust Collection System | |
| 8. | Rotary Sifter (2 nos) | 500 kg / hr (each) |
| 9. | Screw Conveyor | |
| 10. | Blender (1 nos) | 500 kg/hr |
| 11. | Material Collection Silo | 2 Ton |
| 12. | Gravity Feed Metal Detector | |
| 13. | Bulk Packing Machine (2 Nos) | 1 ton / hr |
| 14. | Vertical Form fill Sealing Machine - Multiple pouch size packing provision | 50 packs per minute |
(Turmeric Plant Building)
(Processing facility for Turmeric)
(Steam Sterilization Unit)
Association with Private Entrepreneurs
As part of the commitment to encourage the local trading community to Spice export business, the Board had developed plots in the park to lease out to the private entrepreneurs in that locality to establish price processing unit and their by encourage them to Spice export. In Spices Park at Sivaganga separate area is demarcated for this purpose. The Board has divided the total area of 39.450 acres into 36 plots, out of which 19 plots have been allotted to 16 entrepreneurs for establishment of private processing units. Currently, the Board had obtained all the statuary licenses for commencing the construction of the processing units by the plot owners. The Board has also initiated steps to encourage the plot owners to commence the construction their units so as to complete the process by end of the current financial year. The details of allotment to the private entrepreneurs are given below
| Sl No | Name of the plot allottee | Plot no | Appx Area (Acre) |
| 1. | M/s. Plantex Agro Products (P)LTD | 7 | 1 |
| 2. | M/s VYSYA & COMPANY | 12 | 1 |
| 3. | M/s DHARA ENTERPRISE | 17 | 1 |
| 4. | M/s Jai Exports | 5 | 1 |
| 5. | M/s Karpagam International Exporters | 32 | 1 |
| 6. | M/s. Cardamom Products P. Ltd. | 33, 34, 35, 36 | 4 |
| 7. | M/s. Raj Enterprises | 2 | 1 |
| 8. | M/s. Sincere Marketing Service | 3 | 0.63 |
| 9. | M/S. Vairomax | 8 | 1 |
| 10. | M/s. Eagle Food Products | 9 | 1 |
| 11. | M/s. Jai Exim | 20 | 1 |
| 12. | M/s. REAL INDIA | 23 | 1 |
| 13. | M/s. Dynamic International | 24 | 1 |
| 14. | M/s. Exponential Impex | 25 | 1 |
| 15. | M/s. Goodwill International | 26 | 1 |
| 16. | M/s Shyam Trading Company | 28 | 1 |
| 17. | M/s. Siva Exports | 29 | 2 |
Current Status
The establishment of the Spices Park project is completed. The Board is in the process of allotting the remaining land in the Park to the new entrepreneurs for establishing the Spice processing units in the Park.
The link for EOI is Invitation of Expression of Interest for Leasing of Land In
Spices Parks in Sivaganga
The entire statutory clearance for establishing the Spice processing units in Spices Park by the Plot owners are obtained and thereby directed the plot owners to commence the construction of the processing units so as to complete it on a time bound manner. The Board is also completed the process for obtaining the approval from DTCP to operate the common processing facilities established by the Board and expected that the DTCP approval will obtain shortly. Accordingly, the Board is in the process of identifying a suitable operator for operating the processing facilities established by the Board.
