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The MAPMC complex at New Bombay is spread over
an area of 122 hectares. There are five markets based here : Fruits,
Vegetables, Foodgrains & Pulses, Sugar & Spices and Onion & Potato.
The sixth market : Oil : is operated from a remote location. There
are over 5000 traders operating in these markets. Over 12000 tonnes
of agri-commodities arrive daily into the market place and gets
sold to wholesalers and sales agents. The market provides direct
and indirect employment to 60000 people. The entire market complex
was constructed at a cost of nearly 100 million dollars.
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