Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Market Yard, known locally as ‘Market Yard’, is a wholesale market for aricultural produce like vegetables, fruits and flowers in

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. It is located near Gultekdi in Maharshi Nagar and close to

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. It is an important commercial area.

Governance and administration

A Board of Directors is elected according to the provisions of Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, and rules under the act, of 1967, which consists of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a Secretary of the Market Committee and other Members. Facilities provided by the Agricultural Produce Market Committe: # Plots for sale of agricultural produce # Water & electricity # Public rest rooms # Petrol pump # Weighing scale of 3 - 5 tons capacity # Live feed of market prices of all agricultural commodities of all the market societies in Maharashtra # Farmers' guest house # Grievance center # Provision of additional land in the event of surplus production # Free first aid center

History

The wholesale market was originally located at ‘khalchi mandai’ in Budhwar peth. The then

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, shifted the APMC market in 1980 to its present location, in order to expand the vegetable and fruit supply throughout

. This was brought about by the efforts of Murlidhar Pandharinath Ghule, a trader in the old APMC market.

Transport

PMPML Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) is the public transport bus service provider for the city of Pune, India. It operates 486 routes around the Pune Metropolitan Region including 51 Rainbow BRT routes that partially ply on the 4 bu ...

buses connect Market Yard to various parts in the city. Market Yard is one of the important bus depots in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

. Trucks and

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are used for goods transport in this area.

Commercial Importance

The Market Yard in Pune is an important location for trade and commerce for wholesalers and retailers of grains and other grocery items. Home to over 1000+ businesses, it is spread over a 10 square kilometers area, at the southern end of the city.

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