Kolkata, Jan 18 (PTI) A city-based company has firmedup plans to launch two mobile floating supermarkets that wouldcruise the river Hooghly and offer consumers a new shoppingexperience.
Tirupati Vessel Ltd, a logistics company, will bespending Rs 100 crore for the venture.
"The floating supermarkets would connect many citiesand towns along the river and reach out to the masses withmulti-brand products and services," Rajiv Agarwal, managingdirector of Tirupati Vancom said.
Tirupati Vessel is a sister concern of Tirupati VancomPvt Ltd, which is one of the largest exporter of dry fly ashin India.
The mobile supermarkets would be replete with shops,markets, cineplex and other modern amenities for entertainmentand shopping, would move along the Hooghly and connect manycities and towns and reach out to the masses with multi-brandproducts and services, Agarwal said.
He was speaking at the Bengal Global Business Summit(BGBS), the big-ticket investment meet of the stategovernment, that concluded yesterday.
The 'floating haat bazaar' is a project based on themobile floating supermarket concept which is expected to becompleted by next year.
Apart from investing in the floating supermarkets, thecompany also announced Rs 150 crore twin integrated RoRo(roll-on-roll-off) services projects in Bengal.
"The Rs 150 crore RoRo services project, the firstsuch project in Bengal, would boost the transport logisticsand move 500 trucks per day resulting in decongestion of manyroads in and around the city," Agarwal said.
It would also help vehicles from the port to directlyenter the National Highways and other roads. This projectwould be formally flagged off early next month, he said. PTIBSM JMMM.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.