By Basavaraj Itnaal, DH News Service, Bangalore:

The IT capital is the only city in the country that employs qualified doctors, some of them specialists, to manage garbage.

Apparently, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is yet to wake up to the fact that there is a discipline in engineering called Environmental Engineering. For, Palike does not employ a single Environmental Engineer while it has to collect more than 3,500 tonnes of garbage every day, transport and dispose it at scientific landfills.

Mumbai, July 24 A training on e-waste for members of several urban municipal corporations from the western region on Thursday turned into a brainstorming session of sorts when the civic officials highlighted their difficulties in handling not just electronic wastes but also bio-medical wastes in their cities due to absence of proper regulation.

The chairman of the state pollution control board (PCB), Mr AN Basu today complained to the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, about state government-run hospitals not following norms required for the discharge and disposal of medical wastes.

Speaking at a programme organised by the PCB to celebrate the World Environment Day, Mr Basu said: "We have set up common medical waste treatment facilities but I have to tell the chief minister that some of the state government hospitals are not adhering to these disposal norms.'

Hyderabad, July 18: Majority of city hospitals are generating biomedical waste exceeding the limits prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards. A study by the AP Pollution Control Board found that Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences was generating the biggest amount of biomedical waste followed by Gandhi and Osmania General Hospitals.

The disposal of biomedical waste is a burning problem in developing countries due to scarcity of resources and funds in view of its high cost involved. In this paper, a very cheap, easily available and effective method by using fungus - Periconiella sp.

When most of their fellow classmates are drowned in heavy books, this bunch of some 20 future medicos of BJ Medical college decided to get out their closet. Their aim was to make those spots and areas that they see every day more

City incinerates 1 tonne bio-medical waste a day Nearly one tonne of bio-medical waste is generated and disposed of in Pune each day. While the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has outsourced the activity to a private firm Sun Enviro Limited to collect the waste and dispose it at the incineration facility at Kailash crematorium, efforts are now underway to woo over 6,000 small dispensaries to join the scheme. According to Piyush Solanki, assistant general manager of Sun Enviro, "so far, only 250 dispensaries and clinics have been registered.'

Problem of recharging ground water should be taken up seriously: Governor Artificial rain water harvesting system to be adopted Plastic carry-bags be used for carpeting of the roads Haryana Governor A. R. Kidwai and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that problems like bio-medical waste, waste water and air pollution should be properly addressed and relevant laws strictly enforced to keep Haryana environmentally clean and healthy.

The district administration has chalked out an elaborate programme in the town for the World Environment Day. However, the town suffers from the fact that there is no scientific garbage disposal system in place.

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