Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has approved Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council’s (TMC) proposal to process the latter’s daily collected waste at the former’s compost plant in Pathardi — located on the outskirts of the city. The waste will be processed at the plant until the TMC’s own composting facility becomes operational, which is expected to be done by March 2027.
Ajit Nikat, director of NMC’s solid waste department, confirmed the development, stating that the civic body has agreed to accept Trimbakeshwar’s garbage at the Pathardi plant. As part of the arrangement, the TMC will pay NMC Rs931 per tonne as processing charges. Transportation of waste up to the facility will be handled entirely by the TMC.Under this temporary mechanism, about seven tonnes of garbage generated daily in Trimbakeshwar will be transported to the Pathardi plant for scientific processing. The move aims to support the TMC, which is currently facing a lack of permanent infrastructure for waste management.The Pathardi compost plant has a processing capacity of 900 tonnes per day. Currently, Nashik city produces around 800 tonnes of garbage daily, which is transported to the plant by around 300 collection vehicles operating across the six divisions.
