Civic body to instal 40 plastic bottle crushing machines

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 16

A plastic bottle crushing machine was inaugurated by Mayor Karamjit Singh and Commissioner Komal Mittal at the Municipal Corporation head office in Ranjit Avenue under the Smart City Project here yesterday. The MC planned to install 40 such plastic bottle crushing machines at major places of the city in two phases under the Smart City project at a cost of about Rs. 2.54 crore. A Mumbai-based company will install and manage these machines for five years.

In the first phase of this project, these machines would be installed at major places of the city such as A-Block, B-Block, C-Block of Ranjit Avenue, Anand Park, Model Town Mata Mandir, Hall Bazaar, Amrit Talkies Chowk, Company Bagh, Kabir Park and Durgiana temple.

The machine is capable of crushing and storing around 3,000 bottles and cans daily. A representative of the company Pranjal Jha said the rest of the machines would be installed soon. On the occasion, the city Mayor congratulated its residents on the Independence Day and also conveyed the message that people should not throw plastic bottles and cans on the road and make maximum use of these bottle crushing machines being installed under the Smart City. “This will not only keep the city litter and pollution free, but will also provide discounted coupons to the people.” The coupons will be sent to the users via Paytm and the intercity app.