Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
PANAJI: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued directions to five medical facilities in the state under the Goa Bio-Medical Waste Rules for causing severe environmental pollution and grave health hazards. GSPCB chairman Jose Manual Noronha said that the board has issued directions to primarly health centre, Aldona …
PANJIM: In last one year, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has shut down 101 industrial units and hotels for flouting environmental rules and granted consent to establish to nearly 230 new units. The Board during the financial year 2013-14 issued closure directions to 101 units for operating in violation …
The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) has issued notices to 17 medical institutions for their improper handling of bio medical waste generated from their premises. The notices were issued under the Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) rules 1998 of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986.According to sources, the Board has …
A Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) is a set up where biomedical waste, generated from a number of healthcare units, is imparted necessary treatment to reduce adverse effects that this waste may pose. The treated waste may finally be sent for disposal in a landfill or for recycling purposes. …
With over 100 tons of biomedical waste been generated every month by over 30 private and government hospitals in Goa, the State government is now bound to set up Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWT) for the management and handling of bio medical waste of hospitals, which are currently inadequately …
Text of order by National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Alankrita Mehra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/02/2014 regarding pollution of lakes, Bhopal. NGT also directed "Shri Sachin K. Verma, Learned Counsel for the State to bring these facts to the knowledge of the Principal Secretary, …
Incident raises serious questions on how hospitals treat bio-medical waste A day after an infant’s body was found dumped with biological waste at the Mata Chanan Devi Hospital mortuary in West Delhi on Monday instead of the partial remains of a wrapped leg kept beside it, the revelation has raised …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haat Supreme Wastech Pvt. Ltd. Ors.Vs State of Haryana Ors. dated 28/11/2013 regarding whether or not the bio-medical waste disposal plants require Environmental Clearance (EC) in terms of the Environmental Clearance Regulation, 2006 (for short ‘2006 Notification’). Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/63_2012(Ap)_28Nov2013_final_order.pdf
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) relates to matters arising from performance audit of selected programmes and activities and compliance audit of various departments of State Government.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ecological Protection Society Indore Vs State of Chhatishgarh & Others dated 04/09/2013 regarding collection and transportation of Bio-Medical Waste.
Five promiment hospitals in the city have been found to be flouting the parametres prescribed under the bio-medical waste management rules, said the environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan. The five hospitals are Max Super Speciality Hospital at Indraprastha Extension, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited at Okhla, …
Five promiment hospitals in the city have been found to be flouting the parametres prescribed under the bio-medical waste management rules, said the environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan. The five hospitals are Max Super Speciality Hospital at Indraprastha Extension, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Limited at Okhla, …
Showcause notices have been issued to 3,585 defaulting health care facilities (HCsF) and common bio-medical waste treatment facilities (CBMWTFs) across the country for violating norms related to handling of bio-medical waste, Environment Ministry said today. Also 17 hospitals out of the 33 inspected were found to be violating the Bio-Medical …
The High Court today asked Chief Secretary to convene a meeting for ensuring implementation of solid waste management and environment protections norms at Achan dumping site in the outskirts of Srinagar. A division bench of the High Court comprising of Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice D S Thakur, …
New Delhi: The national green tribunal has found that a “majority of the hospitals in the National Capital Territory are not complying with biomedical waste handling rules and are thus posing a very serious hazard threat to human health and environment”. These include prominent names such as AIIMS, Safdarjung, Ram …
Plans are afoot to set up twin facilities for the scientific treatment and disposal of biomedical waste in the city. Despite being a hub of health care facilities (HCFs) generating increasingly large quantities of biomedical waste, Kochi does not have a dedicated treatment and disposal facility. The city now depends …
A committee set up by National Green Tribunal to inspect Delhi hospitals for biomedical waste disposal practices has found serious lapses at three government hospitals and some minor issues at two private hospitals. The NGT has served a showcause notice to the hospitals. The hospitals that have been served notice …
Five hospitals in the city have not been strictly adhering to prescribed standards of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste according to the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) inspection team has revealed. The inspection report submitted at the National Green Tribunal named …
NAVI MUMBAI: The city and industrial development corporation (CIDCO), which is the civic authority for major part of Navi Mumbai, has appealed to the medical practitioners to dispose bio-medical waste according to the norms meant for waste handling and disposal. It is has been noted by the Public Health Department …
More than 15 years after rules for management and handling of bio-medical waste were notified, the provisions are yet to be fully implemented. An inspection conducted in March by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) across the NCR regions of UP, Delhi and Rajasthan has revealed that a number of …
