A decade on, Spices Park fails to spice up exports
However, the park has failed to attract even 30 industries due to lack of sustained focus. Experts believe it has the potential to become another Sri City if properly promoted by the state government.
The Spices Park was a well-conceived initiative aimed at empowering farmers by enabling direct market linkages with exporters, thereby helping them secure better prices for their produce. Designed to provide common infrastructure facilities for processing, value addition, and storage, the park was meant to serve the farming community in the region.
Facilities for cleaning, grading, and packing were expected to ensure higher quality produce, resulting in better market prices.
The Spices Board of India established the park on the outskirts of Guntur city across 125 acres, with the objective of creating a value chain ecosystem and establishing market linkages for chilli farmers. The park was inaugurated in 2015, with the Centre and state governments spending around Rs 20 crore to set up essential infrastructure.
However, the park is currently languishing in darkness, with no proper street lighting, damaged roads, and a lack of drinking water.
Despite its potential, neither the Centre nor the state governments took adequate steps to promote the park as a major hub for chilli and spice-related exports. Even a decade after its formal launch, only about 20–30 units are operating from the park, leaving it among the most neglected industrial estates.
While the Spices Board allotted land to 18 exporters for setting up processing units, only five have completed construction, while seven others are still in progress. The AP State Warehousing Corporation (APSWC) has established two cold storages with a total capacity of 13,000 MT and a warehouse with a 10,000 MT capacity, spanning 16 plots. This infrastructure came at an outlay of Rs 60 crore. "We have brought the issue to the attention of the state government, seeking additional incentives to attract investment to the park," said chillies exporter Venkateswara Rao.
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Export Potential Remains Untapped
Spices Board had developed plots in the park to lease out to the private entrepreneurs to establish processing unit
The Board has divided the total area of 93.42 acres into 58 plots, out of which 49 plots have been allotted to 18 entrepreneurs for establishment of private processing units
Infrastructure including internal roads, drainage facility created by the board was completely damaged
Drinking water facility was not available in the park
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