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 …
The Kochi Corporation will soon hold discussions with Indian Medical Association’s arm IMA Goes Eco-friendly (IMAGE) to help manage the biomedical waste generated from households. IMAGE that operates a plant in Palakkad is likely to give a detailed project report on a proposal to set up biomedical waste management plant …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dr.Udaykumar Vasantrao Jagtap Vs Saswad Mun. Council & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding municipal solid waste management in Saswad Municipal Council, Maharashtra. The Tribunal has directed the Municipal Council to set out an action plan for segregation of …
The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) headed by justices V R Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande on Monday directed the civic body to float fresh tenders for appointing a firm for treating biomedical waste in the city. In the process, the NGT cancelled the temporary assignment given to …
KOLHAPUR: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) headed by justices V R Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande on Monday directed the civic body to float fresh tenders for appointing a firm for treating biomedical waste in the city. In the process, the NGT cancelled the temporary assignment given …
Eighteen hospitals in Chhattisgarh, including AIIMS, have been issued show cause notice for non-compliance of rules of bio medical waste and thus causing health and environmental hazards. The notices, by the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, were issued after the hospitals were found violating the prescribed rules for disposal of bio-medical …
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 …
MARGAO: When the Margao Municipality inked an agreement with Fomento on February 1, 2011 to set up a waste treatment plant at Sonsodo, the two sides had agreed to earmark land admeasuring 200 sq mts for a common bio-medical waste disposal facility. Fomento had made it quite clear to the …
Heaps of hospital wastes, piling up at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), are turning out to be a serious health hazard for visitors to the hospital, besides causing environmental pollution in the area. The alarm was sounded by the officials of the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) when …
Government Rajindra Hospital is once again under the scanner for not making enough arrangements for the proper disposal of the bio-medical waste. The issue came to light during the cleanliness drive of the Paryavaran Welfare Society, which has voluntarily taken up the cause of cleaning up the hospital. It found …
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, …
The city’s top private hospitals, including some of the most expensive ones, are flouting biomedical waste rules, says the apex body on biomedical waste in Delhi Pollution Control Committee. The committee has found 14 hospitals that have been violating important norms like waste segregation, safe disposal of used needles, keeping …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Alankrita Mehra Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/02/2014 regarding lakes in Bhopal. The Learned Counsels for the parties submitted that a meeting with the concerned officers of the department as well as Members of the Monitoring Committee …
Directions under section 18(1)(b) to all SPCBs/PCCs of the Water (Prevention Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 in the matter of pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industries, CETPs and common hazardous waste and biomedical waste incinerators regarding self …
Letter to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in the matter of pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industries, CETPs and common hazardous waste & biomedical waste incinerators - Regarding self monitoring of compliance.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Municipal Corporation, Bhopal & Ors. dated 04/02/2014 regarding implementation of Municipal Solid Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 2000 in the Municipal bodies in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Chhattisgarh. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/58-2014(CZ)(MApp)_4Feb2014.pdf
Chandy To Hold Talks With Union Minister Veerappa Moily Today Assuaging the concerns of those staying in the high ranges, the Prime Minister’s Office informed the state government on Thursday that a final decision on Kasturirangan committee report would be taken only after the ministry of environment and forests incorporated …
A high-level monitoring committee comprising representatives from different ministries inspected Lalitpur-based Alka Hospital’s Environmentally Sound Health Care Waste Management (ESHCWM) and Mercury Free Healthcare Services yesterday. The hospital has launched the services with support from the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED). As part of the ongoing hospital …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Medical Association Aurangabad Vs The Union of India Ors dated 22/01/2014 regarding Government of Maharashtra Resolution dated 20th April 2000, stipulating authorization fees under the Bio Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998, notified under the Environment (Protection) Act …
