ABOUT NASHIK

Nasik Destination:

Nashik is one of the most important cities of Northern Maharashtra and is situated at a distance of 180 km from Mumbai (Bombay) as  well as Pune. The city has become the center of attraction because of its beautiful surroundings and cool and Pleasant climate. Nashik has a personality of its own due to  its Mythological, Historical, Social and Cultural Importance.  The city is Vibrant and Active on the Industrial, Political, Social and  Cultural fronts and has influenced the lives of many a great   Personalities.

Climate

Nashik has a pleasant climate, warm in summer and slightly humid during the rainy season. Igatpuri, Surgana and Peth talukas in the western  part of the district  receives more rainfall. The rainfall decreases as we move towards the east. Winter is severe in the eastern parts of the district.  Igatpuri, Saptashringi and Trimbakeshwar are cool even during summer .

Natural Wealth

Nashik abounds in forest wealth. The forests lie in the western part of the  district. Surgana, Kalvan, Peth,  Dindori, Nashik and Igatpuri talukas have a number of forests. Teak and Sissoo trees are found in large  numbers in these forests. Besides these trees and shrubs like anjan, agave and bamboos are also found here.  The jungles are inhabitated by animals such as Wolves, Hyenas, Sambars, Foxes and birds like Koels,  Kingfishers and Peacocks. 

 

Water supply

Nashik gets its water supply from wells, lakes, rivers and percolation tanks. The Darna, Gangapur, Kaspi, Ozarkhed, Chanakapur and Waghad lakes have been formed by constructing dams across rivers. The Gangapur and Nandur Madhyameshwar dams have been built across the river Godavari. Similarly there are two dams across the Girna - one at Chanakapur and the other at Panzan, Sinnar, Chandawad, Yeola, Malegaon and Nandgaon talukas of the district. 

Gangapur Dam 

Built on river Godavari, it is the biggest earthen dam, (13 kms. N. W. of Nasik)  built in 1954. There is a garden nearby which serves as a good picnic spot, subject to prior permission of the Chief Executive Engineer, P.W.D.Trimbak  Road, Nashik. The dam is 12500 ft long, 123 ft tall and 30 ft wide. Its capacity is 7200 Million Cubic Ft and Area irrigated is 64000 acres.  

Infrastructure

Nasik is well connected internally; it has four main 30m. roads with length of 30-40kms within the city itself. These will be connected to 15m.internal web not less than 80-85kms long. Wide roads will add fun and joy of driving. The roads with footpaths will add a pleasure to living for easy access to various religious destination. Bus service is available in after every 30 min. and the transportation within the different areas is also available.

Human Resources

Training & Human Resource developments are being addressed as priorities by every company. Nasik provides such workforce which becomes effective partners in Economic & Social progress. There are 3–universities and 422 Professional colleges around North Maharashtra, which provides competitive Human Resources to fulfill The requirements of the Organization.

Hospitality

Nasik has a Five Star hotel Taj , setting a  tradition of new standards in hospitality since  December 1996. Coming up in Nasik a 5 Star Hotel Clarion in the hotel industrial. There many standard hotels like Sai Palace, The Plaza, Talk of the Town etc to name a few.

Hotel Express Inn

Banks:

The Financial Institutions are created to encourage & assist Private Investment in Industry as well as the common man. It does so by taking risk & providing loan  capital for creation of Expansion, Modernization of Productive Facilities by  encouraging other to Invest & by  promoting wider spread or for Industrial Security & by furnishing or finding managerial Mechanical & Administrative advice & services for Indian Industries.  In short Bank  analizes the funds by providing funds to the Industry  and  to the common man as  the ways to protect, nurture and multiply the money. In Nasik District there are 100 banks  which  offer multiple functions to the society such as Bankers, Trustees, Depository Participant etc,  and serve to the society.

NASHIK AS AN INDUSTRIAL CITY

The systematic, scientific and channelised process of the modern industrial development of Nashik, in the true sense of the term, Started in 1962 when Satpur M.I.D.C. was declared to have come Into existence. The Satpur MIDC Area 636.98 hectares was flooded With industrial activities.  An additional MIDC Area of 520.55 hectares at Ambad was declared in 1980 and at Malegaon near Sinnar an area of 587 hectares was added in 1988. At Sinnar the Sinnar Co-p.Industrial Estate Ltd. Came into existence on Shirdi

Road at Musalgaon with an area of 103 hectares. Now Nashik produces almost everything  from pin to Aeroplane. Recently the State Government has declared a five star industrial estate near Sinnar. This would be covering an area of 7500 hectares of land destined to be the biggest industrial complex not only in India, but in the whole of Asian continent. Mainly it will cater to the needs of agro-based industrial products and their exports oriented processing . At present more than 175 large and medium industrial units are functioning with an investment of Rs 1169 corres providing employment to more than 27000 workers .  

The total number of SSI units having permanent registration is 7547 having an investment of  Rs 325 crores and employing more than 30000 persons.  These include large units like Mahindra and Mahindra, MICO, Schnider, Epcos, Thyssenkrup, Jindal Polyster, Crompton Greves, Sea gram, Mcdowowell, Sula winer, ABB,

Simense, Sona Castings, CEAT Tyres, VIP, Glenmark, Jyoti Structure, L&T, Carbon Everflow  etc to name a few. Apart from Satpur, Ambad and Sinnar, the district is having MIDC Areas.

 At Malegaon, (Proposed) Dindori, Vinchur, Peth and Surgana. Very Recently water of Girna dam has been reserved for proposed Malegaon MIDC area and in the coming years, a tremendous development of industrial activities in Malegaon MIDC can be witnessed. The district is having industrial co-operative estates at Nashik, Sinnar, Malegaon, Manmad, Yeola, Pimpalgaon (Baswant), Kalwan, Igatpuri, Chandwad and Nandgaon. MSEB has also started Thermal Power Unit at Eklahare near Nashik Road. Other few large units like Citric, Vindhya papers, Kirloskar

Tractors etc. Were established in private corporate sector. In this very decade, Nashik was placed on the world industrial and defense map of India as MIG Air-Craft.

Unit of the famous Hindustan Aeronautics  Ltd (HAL) was started at Ozar and also got the status of Semi- Metro city as Indian security press, Artilatery centre is also  there in Nasik.

                                               

Exports of Nasik District

The principal export trade comprises commodities like food grains, grapes, vegetables, milk, oil-seeds, molasses, hemp, hand­loom cloth, silk cloth, copper, brass and silver vessels, onions, potatoes, garlic, betel-leaves, timber, and other forest produce. Cotton and silk cloth manufactured at Malegaon and Yeola is exported to Bombay, Poona, Satara and other places. Copper, brass and silver vessels are mainlymanufactured at Nasik and are sent chiefly to Bombay and Poona. Nasik vessels are famous all over Western Maharashtra. Onions and garlic are exported not only to other parts of India but even to foreign countries like Burma and Ceylon. The onions produced at Nasik, Lasalgaon and Niphad have earned a very high reputation in the domain of agricultural trade. Betel-leaves grown chiefly in Sinnar Taluka are also exported in considerable quantity.

Vegetables are sent daily from Nasik and Niphad areas to Greater Bombay. A number of trucks loaded with green vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, and onion are booked daily for Bombay. The Nasik grapes, famous for their exhilarating taste and rich flavor, are relished by the people all over India, and are highly in demand. This fruit which is a table fruit of the rich and a dream of the poor is exported to Bombay, Thana, Kalyan, Dhulia, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, etc. Sugar and gur, which are manufactured on a very large scale in the district, are exported to Bombay, Thana and Kolaba districts. The spurt In prices of these scarce commodities has brought prosperity to this trade. Bajra occupies the first place among the crops in the district Accounting for about 36 per cent of the gross cropped area. In fact, Nasik has about one-fifth of the total cultivation and production of bajra in the State. Naturally it figures as a very important item of wholesale trade in the district. It is exported mainly to Bombay and Thana areas. Nashik is also exporting flowers, mainly  roses Export Potential of Nashik Onions In Maharashtra , Nashik district contributes 35 to 40 % of the state’s production.

Nasik as a wine capital of India.

Not many people are aware that a host of new wineries have come up in Maharashtra in the last two years, following the forward-looking 'Grape Processing Industrial Policy' of the state government announced in 2001. Most of the new vignerons are grape farmers who have invested from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 5 crores (from Rs 5 million to Rs 50 million) to set up their units. It all started with Sula -- the first winery in Nashik. They have recently increased capacity from 200 to 900 kl of wine annually. They make wines from grapes ('Made in India'), import wines in bulk and 'Bottle in India,' as well as have a portfolio of imported ('Bottled in Origin') wines from 10 different countries ranging in price from Rs 700/bottle (Astica, Hardy's) to Rs 5,000 (Greppone Mazzi Brunello di on talcino).  They've recently brought out a Dindori Reserve Shiraz (Rs 650/bottle) which is to die for: matured in wood for 12 months, the wine is mellow, smooth, fruity and spicy, and worth searching for as distribution is limited even in Mumbai. Sankalp Vineyards was the first winery in the Vinchur Wine Park (35 km from Nashik), and has a range of wines under the brand Vinsura (with a grapevine leaf on the label), all priced under

Rs 500/bottle in Mumbai.

Their Chenin Blanc is medium-bodied, crisp and fruity, while the Sauvignon Blanc is dry and herbaceous -- almost spicy; I thought the Rose (white Zinfandel) was simply delicious, while the Red Zinfandel Is a big, peppery, almost brashly complex wine. Their latest offering is a sweet dessert wine made from the Symphony (Muscat) grape. N D Wines is near Pimpalgaon, in the heart of the Nashik wine country. Beautifully located on the banks of a lake with rolling vineyards in every direction, this winery supplies much of the grapes and wine to better-known producers. while the Vintage Wines winery is still being completed, their first wines are likely be ready by October 2005 and will be different, as the owners are one of the few who have Successfully cultivated the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes in this region. Maharashtra itself has 23,000 hectares under grapes -- of which Only about 1,000 hectares are wine grapes -- so there's a huge growth potential.