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Modern Terminal Market Nasik
3. Train Transport:
Nasik is well connected by rail with other markets and consumption centers
within the State and outside the State. Produce such as Grapes and sometimes
onion are dispatched by train and produce such as Apples and Potato are
received at Nasik. However, generally, fruits and vegetables are not shipped by
train. During the season few loads of Grapes are being sent to distant markets
such as Calcutta and New Delhi. The produce reaches the markets in 24 or 48
hours.
4. Pack-House:
There are more than 100 pack houses in Nasik today. A typical pack-house
includes a pre-cooling unit and a cold storage, with a capacity of 4 tons per 6
hour and 50 MT, respectively. Almost all pack-houses are used during the
season to export fresh table Grapes. The total cold storage capacity of these
pack-houses is estimated to be around 5000 MT. Besides there are some
commercial cold storages in the private sector in the Nasik area. They have an
estimated storage capacity of 40000 MT.
The commercial cold storages are used to store a number of perishables such as
seasonal fruits, vegetables and for most part dry goods such as potato, chilly etc.
The utilization of cold storage fairly high at 70 % in commercial cold storages
and at a low of 25 to 30 % in seasonal cold storages used for export of fresh
Grapes.
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