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Nashik civic body to chop 154 trees to build STP at Agartakli
Nashik: The city is about to get a new sewage treatment plant (STP) as part of the Godavari purification project and it will come at the cost of 154 trees which will be felled to make way for the construction at Agartakli in the Nashik East division.
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The tree authority department of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has called for suggestions and objections from people regarding the felling of trees and will accept submissions till July 31.
The garden department has also said they will plant at least 10 trees for each tree axed. Moreover, trees like peepal and banyan, will be transplanted elsewhere.
"If a tree that is to be chopped is 15 years old, then we will plant 15 trees.
We will calculate the total age of all the 154 trees to be chopped and will plant trees accordingly…Considering the average age of 10 years of all the trees, around 1,500 trees will be planted in the city," said Bhadane.
The proposed STP is part of the Rs 1,475 crore Godavari purification projectwhich is slated to be completed before the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela, scheduled to be held between 2026 and 2028.
At Agartakli, NMC wants to build the new STP with a 97MLD capacity. A private agency has been finalised and work order has been given to the agency so far. At present 11 STPs in the city collectively have a total treatment capacity of 392million litres daily (MLD).
