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 …
A model stat-of-the-art facility would be set up at the state-run Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) here for the disposal of biomedical waste. A proposal has been sent by the Health Department to the Department of Environment and Science and Technology to address environmenta-lists' concerns. “We have received a proposal …
Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre today said it will hand over reports prepared after monitoring waste management systems in medical facilities to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority. “After collecting reports on waste management systems in place in hospitals, nursing homes, medical colleges and clinics, we …
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 …
The National Green Tribunal, Chennai has stopped the Maramalai Nagar municipality from laying a storm water drain connecting several neighbourhoods to Potheri Lake, citing possible environmental pollution by a university campus. The direction comes on a petition by M K Dhandapani, president of the Nandhivaram-Guduvancherry panchayat union. He said the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haat Supreme WastechPvt. Ltd. & Ors.Vs. State of Haryana & Ors. dated 06/01/2014 regarding collection and disposal of Bio-Medical Wastes. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/63-2012(Ap)_6Jan2014.pdf
The Punjab government is implementing a three-year scheme for prevention and control of hepatitis, with an estimated cost of Rs 2.447 billion. During the current fiscal year, an amount of Rs 754 million has been allocated for this programme. These views were expressed by Adviser to Chief Minister on Health …
After intervention from the anti-graft body Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority, the government is going to resume monitoring of hospital waste management in the Kathmandu Valley within two weeks. “We have formed a national-level committee to monitor waste management in Valley hospitals in line with the CIAA directive,” …
It will provide the authority, a platform to deal with the govt. and implementing agencies RAA: Despite designating protected areas like national parks and sanctuaries to protect vital ecologies, the royal audit authority (RAA) found that farmers’ management units (FMU), where timber harvesting was the predominant activity, occupied more than …
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has directed the Ministry of Urban Development to form a high-level team to monitor and implement the acts and laws on medical waste management. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the CIAA said it will write to the chief secretary of …
The management of healthcare waste requires attention and diligence to avoid the substantial disease burden associated with the process, including exposure to infectious agents and toxic substances. In a seminar held at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Monday, the experts said the unsafe disposal of healthcare waste, e.g. …
Government environmentalists are worried that more and more hospital waste is getting mixed with the municipal waste in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Officials at the Climate Change Division in the Federal Secretariat consider the mix lethal for the environment of the twin cities and the health of the nearly six million …
Even as the city's administration is struggling to bail out citizens from garbage woes, Nimhans has come up with novel ways to stand out in solid waste management. Nimhans is probably the first hospital in the city to go completely zero waste. On Wednesday, it inaugurated its organic waste converter …
As the state high court and national green tribunal have hardened their stand on pollution taking place in Himachal Pradesh, now the state Pollution Control Board too has started acting tough against institutions found violating environment norms. After issuing notices to 25 hotels in Kullu district for polluting Beas, now …
The bio-medical waste at Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) divisional hospital is not being disposed off properly. The contract with the private company which was collecting the bio-medical waste has been terminated and it has not been renewed so far. According to superintendent in chief, Dr VK Srivastava, hospital administration …
As the state high court and national green tribunal have hardened their stand on pollution taking place in Himachal Pradesh, now the state Pollution Control Board too has started acting tough against institutions found violating environment norms. After issuing notices to 25 hotels in Kullu district for polluting Beas, now …
The state government is yet to initiate steps for the safe handling of waste generated from hospitals, medical health institutions, colleges and university laboratories. The indiscriminate disposal of waste generated from government medical institutions in the district has become a major health hazard and risk to human population. A few …
The National Green Tribunal Thursday held that biomedical waste (BMW) treatment plants are required to obtain environmental clearance (EC) before these are set up as it is a hazardous waste which can produce large number of infectious diseases. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar observed that BMW, …
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
The State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 32 healthcare units for their failure to ensure proper segregation and disposal of bio-medical waste. Notices were issued on the basis of shortcomings observed by a three-member committee of scientists which carried out inspections of 62 hospitals, 43 private and 19 …
Finlay Rentokil Ceylon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finlays Colombo today announced that it will close its clinical waste management service unit Sterifirst. The company in a stock market disclosure announced that the board of directors of Finlays Colombo has decided to close down Sterifirst, the medical and waste disposal …
