Nearly 280 units generating bio-medical waste in the city and district are facing action from Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).
This CAG performance audit report on social sector tabled in the Gujarat state assembly on 3rd October 2013, criticised the state government for poor implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and said that every third child in Gujarat is underweight.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) , the premier medical institute, does not have an operational sewage treatment plant (STP) while other hospitals, including Safdarjung Hospital and Lady Hardinge, have had no such facility till date, an expert committee informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which termed the finding as “shocking”. Read text of the NGT order issued on 27 Sep 2013.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishik Rai Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/09/2013 regarding pollution being caused in river Beas and its tributaries and the entire district of Kullu and Mandi by burning biomedical waste.
Punjab government is taking all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling system as 173 hospitals working under Punjab Health Systems Corporation have implemented it
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ecological Protection Society Indore Vs State of Chhatishgarh & Others dated 04/09/2013 regarding collection and transportation of Bio-Medical Waste.
Five promiment hospitals in the city have been found to be flouting the parametres prescribed under the bio-medical waste management rules, said the environment and forest minister Jayanthi Nataraj
Five promiment hospitals in the city have been found to be flouting the parametres prescribed under the bio-medical waste management rules, said the environment and forest minister Jayanthi Nataraj
