The Chennai Corporation will strengthen the management of biomedical waste in the city shortly.

At a meeting attended by representatives of the Corporation, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environment among others, the Corporation was asked to improve scientific disposal of biomedical waste. This constitutes over 2 per cent of municipal waste in Chennai. The civic body will soon take initiatives to address challenges such as the lack of training for staff of hospitals in segregation of such waste and colour coding for waste management.