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MARGAO
Margao Municipal Council’s plastic baling project went haywire over the last few days after two of the three baling machines broke down.
Municipal officials were waiting for technicians from Mumbai to attend and repair the machines which are still under the warranty period.
Baling of plastic at the Sonsodo site came to a complete halt since the last two days after the new bailing machine broke down following a technical snag. Last week, the old bailing machine, which was procured by the Municipality around December last year, had stopped functioning because of a technical snag.
In fact, baling of plastic waste transported to the Sonsodo came to a halt on Friday after the brand new bailing machine, which was purchased only recently, broke down.
Left with no option, MMC officials sent an SOS to the company in Mumbai to deputy its technicians on priority as all plastic baling work at the waste dumping site has come to a standstill.
MMC officials in the know exuded confidence that the technicians will undertake the repairs on Saturday, and hoped that the two baling machines will be resume work in a day or two.
The Municipality had gone for the new baling machines as the lone machine had failed to meet the requirements. Plastic bailed at the Sonsodo site is later transported to the cement factories in Karnataka.
