{"id":126500,"date":"2024-08-28T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=126500"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:02:13","slug":"gmc-shocks-the-industry-i-60-electric-waste-collection-vehicles-suspended-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=126500","title":{"rendered":"GMC Shocks the Industry I 60 Electric Waste Collection Vehicles Suspended Amid Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126464\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/New-Logo-Smal-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/Guwahati Municipal Corporation\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Guwahati Municipal Corporation<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (GMC) has paused the rollout of 60 electric vehicles intended for door-to-door garbage collection following discrepancies in their specifications. These electric light commercial vehicles (LCVs) are equipped with segregated bins, have a waste carrying capacity of up to 600 kg, and can travel 157 km on a single charge.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126501\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/60 Electric Waste Collection Vehicles Suspended Amid Crisis:\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-126501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240828-WA0028.jpg\" alt=\"GMC Shocks the Industry I \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240828-WA0028.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240828-WA0028-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240828-WA0028-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240828-WA0028-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>60 Electric Waste Collection Vehicles Suspended Amid Crisis:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">GMC Mayor Mrigen Sarania stated that the vehicles were procured from Isha Fab Engineerings Private Limited under a tender issued last October. The tender stipulated that the containers be constructed from galvanized iron (GI) sheets with a thickness of 2.00 mm. However, inspections revealed the actual thickness to be only 1.5 mm, prompting the suspension of their use until the issue is rectified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;We invested significantly in these vehicles, expecting them to be deployed immediately across all 60 wards for garbage collection. This setback is due to the non-compliance with our specifications,&#8221; Mayor Sarania said. &#8220;The matter is now under review by the GMC mayor-in-council, led by Deputy Mayor Smita Roy. Our initial plan is to hold the supplier accountable and ensure they correct the specifications. Additionally, we are considering imposing a fine on the company,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">This development is a significant halt in the city\u2019s efforts to enhance waste management efficiency using environmentally-friendly solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has paused the rollout of 60 electric vehicles intended for door-to-door garbage collection following discrepancies in their specifications. These electric light commercial vehicles (LCVs) are equipped with segregated bins, have a waste carrying capacity of up to 600 kg, and can travel 157 km on a single charge. GMC Mayor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[30180,30181],"class_list":["post-126500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghy","tag-60-electric-waste-collection-vehicles","tag-suspended-amid-crisis"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}