In Nashik, builders and real estate companies have come forward to develop 31 new and old traffic islands. Work on them will start after Diwali. As per an understanding between the real estate companies and the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) the builders will build the traffic islands and maintain them at their expenditure.
In turn, the NMC will allow the companies to name the islands after their companies. A list of islands and road dividers was given to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI), Nashik, by the Public Works Department of the NMC.