MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS 

REQUIREMENT OF MARKET SPACE  

            Agriculture being at its zenith, to cope up with increasing marketable surplus, more and more markets is now being developed/constructed.  Under the present circumstances of scarcity of land and requirement of more and more markets and increasing arrivals, it is essential to put the land to its optimal uses.  Moreover, the acquisition of suitable and adequate land for markets has been one of the major constraints in market development.  The optimum and economic utilization of scarce land resource is today the need of the hour.  Optimisation envisages making the most or the best use of available land, which will serve immediate, and future needs of all the market users in an efficient way.  Decreasing availability of land adds significance to its optimal use.  

            For Chhatishgarh State Master Plan, survey was conducted for 115 markets out of which 109 Analysed.  But for the purpose of collection of information on existing level of market area available, area under utilization, scope for future expansion, constructed area under shops, godowns, auction platforms, parking, etc. very few markets responded and that too with quite inadequate information.  Therefore, the present level of market space available as well as constructed area already under utilization could not be assessed.  However, it has been tried to work out the existing status of space available in each market. This information might be easily available with the state government, which can be further verified.  As such, preferred market area has been calculated for each market and the norms fixed by DMI have been adopted.  

            On the basis of past experience of NIAM and the norms developed at DMI it has been considered that 15 MT tonnes of produce should be provided with one square meter of trading space in the market.  For this master plan also, space requirement has been calculated @ 10MT/per sq. mt. for trading space on the projected arrival at 2018.  

            Although projected arrivals have been worked out for 2004, 2009 and 2018 for each market separately, yet space requirement for individual market has been worked out on the basis of projected arrival of 2018.  Assessing space requirement on the basis of arrivals beyond 20 years is not considered desirable.   

            Total space requirement calculations for the Master Plan of Chhatishgarh, have been made in respect of the following components:  

      -         Trading Premises (Shops, Godowns/ Platform)  
-         Auction platform  
-         Grading Assortments  
-         Kiosks (Sundry shops)  
-         Office Building  
-         PHM Facilities  
-         Farmers’ Rest House  
-         Facilities and Amenities  
-         Parking Shed  
-         Circulation  
-         Internal Roads  
-         Cattle Shed  
-         Open Space  
-         Future Expansion etc.  

Marketwise space requirement calculated are given in annexures.  Following tables present an overall picture of the State:

                                                        Table 6.1

Divisionwise, Districtwise Space Requirement (Sq.m)

              Total State requirement of space works out to be 1008032 sq meters in total.  Raipur division would require highest area of 591068 sq mt. while Bilaspur will require 335452 sq. mt. of area.  Requirement of space for Baster division has been worked out to be 81512 sq. mt.  

Table 6.2

Categorywise Space Requirement  

                                On an average one market of Chhatishgarh would require 9248 sq. mt. of space for its proper development.  Among various categories, ‘A’ category of market would require average 16372 sq. mt. of area while, ‘B’ category of markets will need on an average of 9905.56 sq. mt. of space.  Total area required for the state (1008032 sq. mt.) is constituted 47% by ‘A’ category markets only.

                      State as a whole would need 1008032 sq. mt. of space for the development of 109 markets, the area is supposed to be sufficient for all the activities like marketing, allied activities and parking and circulation etc.  Utilisation of space largely depends on utilization of pattern followed in a market.  A suggestive pattern of the same has been given in the next chapter.