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This means that there was absolutely no processing done at the site for the last one month,” said MGM head R R Deshpande.Nandkishore Bhombe, head of solid waste management cell of AMC, could not explain why the agreement was cancelled with MGM.When reached for comment, MPCB sub-regional officer Jayant Kadam said his office has asked the AMC to ensure that there is regular spraying of water over the waste. Aurangabad: The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been found to have stopped processing of the waste at Padegaon, leading to Thursday’s major fire.The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had already directed processing of the waste, but the civic body chose to ignore it.have warned of more fires if the civic body fails to take suitable measures.The civic body’s sanitation staff used to process the waste through composting at Padegaon, but it became difficult after the quantity of waste started increasing.The Mahatma Gandhi Mission (MGM) was engaged by the civic body to spray bio-culture over the waste for around two months, but it cancelled the deal.“The team could carry out only single spell of processing before they were asked to stop it..