E-tenders were floated early this month and the process was expected to be completed by February 22.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation’s (NMC’s) standing committee had, on
February 12, extended the contract of the present contractor till
February 21. The contract for collecting garbage expired on August 22,
2012 and was extended by the standing committee by six months till
February 21 as the civic body could not take any firm decision on the
implementation of the garbage collection system in the city.

On
August 23, 2012, all the corporators had demanded prabhag-wise garbage
collection and municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare had drafted a
proposal for the same. The administration had tabled a proposal of Rs 11
crore to appoint garbage van contractors at the general body meeting
held on December 14, 2012, but after heated discussions, the mayor had
finally announced the implementation of the project at the
divisional-level instead of giving the entire city’s garbage collection
to a single contractor.

The process of implementing the project
began after nearly two months, reportedly because the civic
administration had not received the copy of the resolution
of the general body meeting (GBM). Early this month the e-tenders were
floated and the new system of collecting garbage was to begin from
February 22.

An official of the health department informed that
the implementation of the project would take some more days as the
e-tenders have not yet been opened. He said the tenders were likely to
be opened in a week’s time after which the new contractors could take
charge of the new method of garbage collection. “Till then, the present
contractor will continue to collect the garbage,” he said.