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Installed in 2016 at rly station, these are lying locked due to non-payment of power billsTribune News ServiceBathinda, August 22Water vending machines installed at the city railway station were found non-operational allegedly due to non-payment of power bills. Passengers were forced to purchase mineral water from kiosks as hot water was coming out of the majority of taps at the station. An operator at a kiosk claimed that all machines installed at the railway station had been lying locked since morning as their power bills were yet to be paid. Around eight machines were installed at the railway station in September 2016 to provide RO purified drinking water to passengers. Sources at the railway station said the IRCTC had to bear the financial brunt of operating these machines due to high electricity and labour charges..