There are no historical monuments and or/ sites of importance belonging to a list prepared by Archaeological Survey of India within core and buffer zones of co-generation unit of (CAIL).

3.4      Existing, Scenario of Sugar and Cogneration Power Plant

The project area as well as taluka and district in which it falls although belong to the sugar belt of aharashtra Government State it. However presently no sugar factory has a unit to manufacture power from agro based waste.

The sugar cogen industry with sugar as main product, power as co-product and the by products viz. Press mud and molasses has proved to be an economical proposal. Sugar an essential food product and also is a source of earning foreign exchange by export.

The promotion,of sugar mill and co-generation projects in India, dates back to 1993, with the MNES advised policy and national programme announced by the Ministry. Over the periods of last 7 years, lot of efforts have been, put by the Ministry, through various initiatives and updating the national programme continuously, to meet the challenges in this sector, the most effective tool used by the ministry was programme partnership initiative and are revision of the national programme in the year* 1997. These initiative resulted in substantial progress in the sector.

The power situation of the State of Maharashtra Government is quite evident from the above table. The gap between existing power generation and projected future requirement is quite high and hence it is for the State Government to tap every possible alternate source of energy, from biomass or captive power. This is in view of the projections for requirement of power for sustained economic development of the State and shortages of funds for implementing conventional power projects with the Government. The Government of Maharashtra Government has already acknowledged the grim situation and has decided to promote captive and cogeneration projects in private, joint, public and cooperative sectors.

India's involvement in Renewable Energy Movement is being reported to be the second most extensive in the developing countries, next only to China. The growth in this sector can be attributed mainly to the favourable policy and financing environment existing in the country and concern for environment conservations and sustainable development. Several international development financial institutions like the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for international Development (USAID) have shown interest and are involved in the financing of renewable energy projects.