Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Kommana Lakshmi Bala Ganeswara Rao Vs State of Andhra Pradesh dated 05/07/2017. The application seeks for a direction against the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board not to allow the applications for establishment and operation of Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities in the State of Andhra Pradesh to collect, transport, treat and safe disposal of Bio-Medical Waste generated from the hospitals/HECs situated in the Districts of Andhra Pradesh without considering the full capacity of the existing Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities in operation and its potential enhancement of the production and the need for establishment of fresh Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities.

NGT disposes of the Application with a direction to the State Pollution Control Board to strictly follow its own guidelines and the guidelines framed by the Central Pollution Control Board in accordance with the Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 in respect of the installation and operation of the Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities in the State of Andhra Pradesh.