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Time of India
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
NMC to introduce policy to identify parking spaces, no-parking zones
Nashik: The civic body is drawing up a parking policy for the first time to address parking issues in the city. Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is expected to introduce the policy within a month. The policy will help in identifying parking spaces and no parking zones. This initiative will help streamline traffic in the city and curb illegal parking. Speaking to TOI, a senior NMC official said that the policy will be introduced shortly. "We have already started preparing a policy with the help of a private agency with expertise in traffic and parking management. We have planned to start the pay-and-park system at 33 parking spaces, including 28 on-street and five off-street parking spaces. These spaces were earlier identified by the Smart City Corporation. The parking policy will include re-identification of these parking spaces across the city," said the senior NMC official. Out of the designated parking spaces, 'no parking zones' will be identified. If people park their vehicles in these zones, they will face action by the police authorities. This will help smoothen vehicular traffic in the city, said the NMC official. NMC is also planning multi-level or mechanical parking at some locations in the city. The parking policy will include identification of places where these projects will be developed, said the official. Moreover, the policy will include speed-reducing measures for all 52 junctions across the city to prevent mishaps and streamline traffic, he said. There are plans to start the 'pay-and-park' system in the city at the earliest. A tender will be floated immediately for deployment of private agencies to operate parking spaces, said the official. Although the vehicle population in Nashik city is increasing rapidly, there are currently no designated parking spaces, forcing vehicle owners to park on roadside. This has led to traffic jams during peak hours in several parts of old city area. City residents and social activists have been demanding that the NMC administration make parking spaces operational across the city to ease traffic congestion. Moreover, the traffic police have also written to the NMC administration several times, requesting that parking spaces be made operational at the earliest. Earlier in 2020, the agency appointed by the smart city corporation to start 'pay-n-park' across all 33 locations refused to operate the parking spaces, seeking an extension in the contract period by three years, a waiver of Rs 17.5 lakh royalty annually to NMC, and a hike in parking charges. There was no development in the last five years. Now, the NMC administration has decided to start parking spaces at various locations in the city. These locations will be identified through its parking policy.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
NMC finds 181 spaces for temporary hoardings
Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has identified 181 spaces across six divisions of Nashik city where hoardings can be put up temporarily following permission from the civic authority. NMC also warned that any hoardings placed outside designated areas would be considered illegal, the entity concerned would be fined Rs 2,000 or a case would be lodged at a police station. This step aims to address the issue of illegal hoardings, mainly political ones. NMC Commissioner Manisha Khatri instructed the officials concerned to identify spaces at major chowks and roads across the city where hoardings can be put up temporarily. Accordingly, NMC administration identified a total of 181 spaces in the city which are to be provided to the people for erecting hoardings temporarily for three to four days, but following approval of the NMC administration. The NMC administration also released the list of these 181 spaces for the public. NMC officials said, "People who put up hoardings at places other than the designated areas would face heavy action by the NMC authority. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Sensationell: Neue Förderung macht Wärmepumpen spottbillig! 1KOMMA5° Undo They will be slapped with a fine of Rs 2,000, or cases will be lodged against them at police stations. This will also help the civic body to earn some revenue and ensure that the city will not be defaced." The NMC administration appealed to people to take permission from the civic body for temporary hoardings before they are put up in the city. In the past few months, NMC removed over 1,000 illegal hoardings across six divisions of the city. Manohar Chaughule, a resident, said that the NMC took a positive decision to provide spaces to erect hoardings temporarily for three to four days. "This will help enthusiastic party activists who want to put up hoardings related to birthday wishes or welcoming their party leaders. But at the same time, NMC should take stern action and file police cases against those who are putting up illegal hoardings at places outside designated areas so that people will take NMC's permission before putting up hoardings," he said.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
40,000 Nashik consumers get defunct water meter notice
Nashik: The civic body has served notices to more than 40,000 water consumers over the last three weeks for defunct or missing metres slapped a deadline of 15 days to install new metres. On failing to comply, defaulters will face 100% penalty on water bills and this amount will be higher than what they paid in the past. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) began surveying the water connections through a private agency which had inspected more than 80,000 water connections in the city in phase 1 area. NMC officials said the agency, appointed through a tender process for three years, will distribute water bills after every quarter. The bills will be given to consumers on spot after meter reading via machines is conducted. Initially, the agency concerned was told to survey the water connections to ensure whether metres were functional. Of around 80,000 water connections checked so far, over 40,000 connections had either defunct or some no water metres, said NMC officials. "Our major objective is to bring down the Non-Revenue Water (NRW) of the civic body from 45% to below 20%. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo NMC spends Rs 110 crore on supplying water to the city from source to end users. But it earns Rs 47 crore in revenue through water tax only," said NMC officials. In Nashik city, there are over 5.5 lakh properties on record with the property tax department, but the number of water connections is only 2.2 lakh. Of these, 1.98 lakh connections are residential and the remaining 22,000 connections are commercial. During the survey in phases, NMC will also identify the illegal water connections, which are estimated to around 50,000.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
CM to declare Shahi Snan dates for Kumbh Mela
Nashik: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will hold a meeting to review Kumbh Mela preparations by the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) and other authorities on June 1. The dates for flag hoisting and three shahi snan (royal baths) will be announced during the meeting, which will be attended by sadhus from all akharas (sects). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now T he meeting will be held at the standing committee hall at NMC headquarters, which is Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan. The shahi snan dates for the Kumbh Mela of Trimbakeshwar have been announced, but the dates for Nashik's Kumbh Mela are yet to be declared officially. Hence, there was a demand from all the akharas and also the Godavari Purohit Sangh, an association of priests performing rituals on the bank of the Godavari river. Seers and sadhus from Vaishnav Akharas take a holy dip at Ramkund in Godavari in Nashik city, while the seers and sadhus from Shaiv Akharas take a holy dip at Kushavart in Trimbakeshwar. President of the Godavari Purohit Sangh, Satish Shukla, said, "All the akharas and Godavari Purohit Sangh have jointly finalised the Shahi Snans dates for Kumbh Mela, which are to be announced officially during a meeting held in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis." The (NMC) has prepared Rs 15,000 crore plans that were submitted to state govt, but it is yet to get an approval.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
NMC's 300cr water supply infra project gets state nod
Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has received technical approval from state govt's apex committee for its Rs300 crore water supply improvement project. With this approval, the civic body will now finalize the tender process and appoint a contractor to commence the work. This project, which aims to enhance Nashik's water distribution network, is being implemented under central govt's Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. The NMC will receive 50% of the funding from the Centre and will self-finance the remaining amount. The initiative involves six distinct works to improve the city's water infrastructure. A key objective of this project is to significantly reduce Non-Revenue Water (NRW) from the current 45% to less than 20% upon completion. An NMC official, while talking to TOI, said the tender process for the project was carried out and a contractor was finalised for the project. "But after the technical approval of state govt, the work order is now to be given to the contractor concerned following the approval of the standing committee of the NMC. The proposal in this connection is soon to be tabled during the meeting of the standing committee that is to be held next week," the official said. The six works include Rs95.20 crore project for replacing existing water distribution pipelines that supply water from pumping stations to the filtration plants, and also the purified water from filtration plants to the elevated tanks. The existing old water distribution pipelines are also to be replaced with new ones in various parts of the city at a cost of Rs90.30 crore. "We will replace the old water distribution pipelines in all the six divisions, including 70% works to be carried out in four divisions — Panchavati, Cidco, Satpur, and Nashik East divisions — where water distribution pipelines were laid down around 20-30 years ago," the official said. Apart from this, the NMC will be laying new water distribution pipelines in various developing areas of the city like Adgaon, Makhmalabad, Pathardi, New Indira Nagar, among others. Around Rs89 crore is to be spent on laying the water distribution pipelines in the developing areas.
