The Times of India 30.05.2013
Civic panel to decide fate of garbage collection vans today
NASHIK: The standing committee of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will on Thursday decide whether to deploy divisional-level garbage collection vans, popularly called ghantagadis, or not.
The proposal of the civic administration to appoint new contactors in all six divisions of NMC for two years to collect garbage at the total cost of Rs 12.10 crore is to be tabled at the meeting of the standing committee for approval.
The contract of the existing contractor for collecting garbage through the collection vans had expired on August 22. As the e-tender process for new contracts was in progress, the municipal commissioner had given extension to the existing contractor.
An NMC officer said, "We have already carried out the tender process to appoint new contractors at the divisional-level. The appointment of new contract was delayed due to elections to the standing committee. The proposal to appoint the private contractors in all six divisions of NMC is to be tabled at the meeting of standing committee on Thursday for its approval."
On August 23, 2012, all corporators had demanded prabhag-wise garbage collection (each of the 61 prabhags comprising two municipal wards) and municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare had drafted a proposal for the same.
The civic 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 a heated discussion, mayor Yatin Wagh had announced the implementation of the project at the divisional-level. There are six divisions in the limits of the NMC — Nashik East, Nashik West, Panchavati, Satpur, Ambad and Cidco.
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. Earlier this month, the e-tenders were floated and the new system of collecting garbage was to begin from February 22.
