A ruckus was witnessed near Balmiki Chowk when some residents noticed a rickshaw-puller dumping bio-medical waste, including human placenta, along with the garbage at a place earmarked by the municipal council to dump household refuse. Angry residents caught the rickshaw-puller and called the police, demanding action against those responsible.
NEW DELHI: Half the bio-medical waste generated in the country's hospitals is just dumped with municipal garbage, without any special treatment, according to a recent study evaluating the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). In fact, almost 15,000 hospitals have been served show cause notices as defaulters for not following waste management rules.
The Delhi Government proposal to set up a multi-speciality hospital in Dwarka sub-city at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore has got clearance from an environment panel. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), while recommending the project to a higher panel, also approved the
State government is planning to implement spot fine on residential people for developing civic sense for better clean and green environment in Major cities as well as small and medium towns at Municipal Corporation and Municipal Panchayats level. In this fine would be collected for open sanitation and open garbage dumping.
This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management.
After the biomedical waste treatment plant in Sewree was closed down in 2003 amid complaints of pollution in the nearby areas, the one at Deonar has run afoul of residents, who complain the pollutants and allergens being emitted by the plant is causing a wide range of illness.
A UN agency has teamed up with the Indian government in a $40-million pilot project in five Indian states to help the country's healthcare system dispose of hazardous medical waste.
COIMBATORE: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre will conduct on February 12 a workshop on biomedical waste management for doctors and health care workers of South India.
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