Spice Park - Jodhpur, Rajasthan

The Government of Rajasthan has allotted land to an extend of 60 acres in the Rampura Bhatia Village of Ozian Tehsil at free of cost for establishing Spices Park. The Spices Park at Jodhpur, Rajasthan is aimed at setting up of infrastructure and processing facilities for Seed Spices like Coriander and Fenugreek. Other seed spices like cumin and fennel can also be processed in this park. 

(A view of Spices Park, Jodhpur)

Basic Facilities offered

• Land area 60 acres
• Network of wide Roads
• Uninterrupted Power & Water System
• Waste Disposal System
• Common Water treatment plant
• Drainage Network
• Fire Fighting System
• Weighing Bridge
• Warehousing facility
• Restaurant

The details of the major facilities established in the Park is given below

1. Administrative Block:  Board has set up an administrative building with an  area 1000 square meter. The administrative Office of the park and the Zonal Office of the Board will function from this block.
2. Power Station: Established a power station with 11 KVA transformer and 250 KVA D.G. sets. In addition to this 150 KWA D.G set is being established exclusively for E-auction center. All the street light established in the park will be under the Solar Power system.
3. Fire Fighting System: A fire fighting systems is being set up at the Spice Park, Jodhpur for ensuring safety.
4. Warehousing Facilities:  6 numbers of Warehouses are being established for storing of both the raw materials and finished products. The details of the warehousing facilities available are as follows
   1. Raw Material warehouse : Two raw material Warehouse established exclusively for Coriander having area of  700 sq. meters each
   2. Raw Material Warehouse: Two raw material Warehouse for Seed Spices other than coriander having area of  800 sq. meters each.
   3. Finished Warehouse:  Two finished product Warehouse for Seed Spices Other than Coriander having an area of 800. Sq. Meters each
5. Canteen:  A canteen facility established in  the park for the benefit of the farmers, processors and exporters
6. Processing facilities for Seed Spices: A full line processing facility for Seed Spices is established in the Park. The capacity of the processing plant installed is of 2 Tons per hour. The facilities included are Pre-cleaning, Grading, Color sorting, Grinding and Packing etc. The packing facility included in the processing line provide both bulk and consumer pack of 25 gm, 50gm & 100 gm. Major Machinery involved in the process are  Precision Air Classifier, Screen Grader, Gravity Separator, Pressure and Vacuum Destoner, Debeader, Metal detector, Color Sorter, Roaster, Grinding System, Packing Machines etc
7. Sterilization Unit :    Board   established a sterilization facility with a capacity of 250 Kg per hour in batch process.
8. Water Treatment Plant: In order to ensure uninterrupted supply of water in the Park, an overhead tank of capacity two lakhs litter is established. Moreover, a water treatment plant will be established to ensure safe drinking water.
9. Other facilities
   1. Fully computerized Pit Type Weighbridge of 50 T capacity.
   2. Fork Lift for  transportation of materials from building to building and in the inside of the Park
   3. Pallet Truck for transportation of materials within the Warehouse.
10. Public Private participation: This is the first Spices Park established by the Board with Public Private Participation. Board had leased out 24 acres of land in the Park to 17 private entrepreneurs for developing their own value addition plants in the Park. More exporters are willing to participate in the project by establishing their own units which require additional land. The Board had already submitted a proposal for allotting additional land to the Board. The details of the exporters who had taken land at Spices park along with the layout of the plots is given below.

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Current Status

The Park was inaugurated on 07.04.2012. The Board has charter the trial production of the processing unit and completed the process for leasing the facility for its commercial operations.