1.   Fire services

                        The Municipal Corporation provides fire and emergency services to the city and the surrounding settlements.  There is one fire station in the city which has 3 fire tenders, all of which are over 15 years old.  The fire services department is manned by 34 staff, including 1 fire station officer, 1 sub officer, 3 leading firemen, 13 firemen and 6 assistant firemen and the rest as support staff.

Table 17: Summary of Emergency Response Equipment

Table 18: Summary of Emergency Response Calls Attended

                        The level of facilities in the fire services department is very nominal, with just three old fire tenders.  There is not even a permanent structure for housing these tenders – they are currently housed in temporary tin-shed garages.  The exposure levels of skilled staff are low in terms of modern equipments and emergency response methods.

1.1.            Key Issues & Strategy Options for Fire Services

                        The Fire Services Department requires a major upliftment in all areas, including infusion of modern and reliable equipment and machinery, as also appropriate facilities for their upkeep and maintenance.

            The staff needs to be trained in application of modern equipment and methods of emergency response and rescue.

2.                  Housing

                        There are a total of about 73,000 residential houses in Nanded as per 2001 Census (including 21,000 slum units).  The housing supply market in Nanded is predominantly constituted by the private sector, with limited public initiatives.  The last housing supply initiative by the public sector was by CIDCO between 1980 and 1985, when they developed a township in south Nanded comprising about 11,000 LIG houses and plots.  Prior to that, MHADA had constructed about 1,000 dwelling units for different income categories between 1972 and 1982.

2.1.            Key Issues & Strategy Options for Housing

                        As mentioned earlier, most of the development is concentrated in north Nanded, with only an isolated pocket of about 191 Ha of the CIDCO township in south Nanded, about 5 km from the city center.  The average FSI in the core city area is in the range of 1.5 to 2 as against permissible FSI of 1.5; while in the outer areas, the compliance is better with an average FSI of 0.8 to 1.0 as against a permissible 1.0.  This is primarily a manifestation of the level of infrastructure services and connectivity.  The housing units in the core city are generally a very old stock, with little or no renewal over the last several years.  This compounded with narrow / encroached roads and poor drainage and lighting can pose serious health and disaster hazards.

                        NWCMC as part of its growth management strategy needs to encourage a more rational dispersal of the urban sprawl by systematically guiding development into the newer undeveloped area through infrastructure provisioning adopting innovative land development mechanisms.                         

3.                  Other Services

3.1.            Health

                        City has a reasonable presence of Health infrastructure, however the same is highly inadequate considering the population size. Specialized medical centers are virtually non-existent. Most of the health care centers and hospitals are privately owned and are located in the old Nanded city.

                        Presently there are 125 private hospitals & maternity homes and 1 private blood bank,145 dispensaries in the city apart from two hospitals and 8 healthcare centers operated and managed by the Municipal corporation. Also city has 1 general hospital, 1 Ayurvedic hospital & 1 blood bank operated & maintained by the State Government.

                        The Government Medical College has a diagnostic center, which has X-ray, CT scan, Sonography, and microscopy equipment. (Health, Education, Recreation, other Social amenities)

Table 19: Summary of Health Facilities in Nanded

                        Apart from servicing the local citizens, especially the poor, the government and municipal corporation health facilities are involved in implementing state government programs like:

a.       MCH and Family Welfare Program

b.       Malaria Enumeration and Eradication Program

c.       RNTCP

d.       Leprosy Control

e.       Blindness Control

f.        Epidemics Control, etc.

                        While the above facilities are moderately adequate in a normal scenario, the city lacks in trauma and healthcare facilities to meet the requirements of a mega event such as the forthcoming Gur-ta-Gaddi celebrations in 2008. Such facilities created in Nanded would also continue to serve as a regional facility even after the event.