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NMC seeks to abandon bin-free city conceptStaff Reporter :The new plan is slated for discussion in general body meeting scheduled for June 22Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) working pattern is akin to one step forward and two steps backward. In sort of candid admission about failure of concept of bin-free city the civic administration has proposed reverting to old system of garbage collection. Also construction of and demolition of waste treatment plant at Rs 16.65 crore is also listed while earlier Rs 21 crore was allocated. Later successive administrators at NMC floated the concept of bin-free city saying it would improve the aesthetic element in city. However for composting plant with capacity of 600 MTPD the cost is Rs 19.65 crore..