The project which has the state government’s nod was rejected by the
NMC’s general body early last year. Following recent communication with
the German government’s nodal agency Gesellschaft fur Internationale
Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ), the mayor held a meeting with group leaders of
all the parties to discuss the issue. It was then unanimously decided to
table the revised proposal at the general body meeting.

The
project worth Rs 7 crore had been sanctioned by the state government.
According to plans, energy would be generated from bio-waste which would
start the RDF (refuse-derived fuel) project. Bio-waste collected from
hotels and restaurants, etc, besides that gathered from urban
households, would be put to use. The project is intended to make Nashik a
garbage-free city. The German Federal Government would be funding the project and the NMC will be providing 1.5 acres of land for it.

The civic body had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GIZ.
A workshop on the project was also organized for corporators on October
19, 2010. Thereafter, the Union ministry of environment and forest and
GIZ had signed an implementation agreement for technical cooperation for
waste to energy on August 18, 2011. However, owing to opposition from
leaders from all political parties, the proposal was rejected last year.