Nashik: Private agency to help improve cleanliness rank

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has taken serious cognizance of the city’s cleanliness rating that has dropped from three-star to one in the garbage-free cities category under Swachh Survekshan 2020.
To improve the ranking and overcome its lacuna, The civic body has decided to rope in a private consulting agency to improve the ratings of the city in line with that of Indore and Surat.
The NMC’s decision comes after its observation that the rating of some cities, including Indore and Surat which had hired consulting agencies, have improved.
Last year, the city had bagged three-star rating. It had geared up for five-star rating in the next survey, However, the results were quite disappointing. Cities like Dhule and Jalgaon from north Maharashtra performed better than Nashik, taking their one-star rating to three.
“We were expecting better rating this year. We also coducted ward-wise examination of our reports. We may be lagging behind on collection and reuse of construction debris. But, this can’t affect the whole rating,” said an NMC official.