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In an affidavit filed in the court, civic official Nandkishore Bhombhe had stated that the decision of the high court to restrain the civic body from dumping waste at Naregaon had led to the waste crisis. AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court — comprising justice SS Shinde and justice RG Avachat — came down heavily on the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation AMC ) while hearing several public interest litigations (PIL) related to the issue of waste management on Friday.The court also raised an objection on the statement of the municipal corporation for holding the court responsible for the waste crisis. The next hearing is on Tuesday. The bench asked the government through the government pleader to ask for accountability from the AMC.Earlier, RS Deshmukh, representing the AMC, told the court that pending registration of the newly-purchased garbage vehicles is withholding the AMC from starting the professional service.However, the court has asked the AMC to initiate the service with the 100 vehicles of the AMC and 100 newly-registered vehicles belonging to the agency. The AMC, in reply, said it will submit an apology for the contentious statement.The bench ordered that the agency, looped in by the AMC for collection and transportation of waste, should begin its work from Saturday itself.On being asked about the status of the compost pits constructed by the civic body between March and June for processing wet waste, the AMC lawyer informed that the pits do not have the capacity to treat waste and therefore cannot be used.To this, the court asked the AMC about the amount spent on the pits and observed that tomorrow it may say that the machines installed now are of no use..