Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 02/01/2025.

The applicant, Subhas Datta in the application said that while on a visit to North Bengal, April 11, 2024 he had gone to Malbazar town in Jalpaiguri where he had observed in the backyard of Malbazar Super Facility Hospital bio-medical wastes and the other general wastes of the hospital were dumped together. Photographs have been filed to show the despicable condition of the wastes lying open in the Malbazar Super Facility Hospital.

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The NGT directed notice to be issued to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board and Central Pollution Control Board among others. All the respondents were directed to file their counter affidavits within four weeks. The next hearing of the case is on February 21, 2025.