Envisaged on the lines of the FloraHolland:
India: Pune APMC to host country’s first flower mall
“The ambitious project has been in the offing for the last five years and picked up pace in the last three years. A R 50-crore mall has been planned where the wholesale and retail trade will be located,” he said. “We have received clearances from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to set up a flower market, modelled on the Aalsmeer market of Holland. However, we are keeping in mind Indian conditions and requirements. The mall will house an auction house, grading and packing facilities,” he added. In addition, the eight-storey mall will also have 273 retail shops, exhibition centres, an auditorium, special facilities for exporters and cold stores where farmers can store flowers till they want to bring them into the market,” said Tile.
Work on the mall is expected to begin within the next 8-10 days and the mall will be completed in the next three years he said. Since this is an infrastructure project, it will get a 30% subsidy from the Centre. Pune’s flower market is currently housed in a godown, where 170 traders operate and there is a waiting list of another 170 traders.
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