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 …
Hyderabad: Despite the lofty talk about abolishing industrial and biomedical waste and preventing it from lying around spreading contamination, nothing seems to be happening. Plastic proliferates, still. There are piles of polythene, highly visible in hospital bins, municipal garbage heaped high, e-waste scattered everywhere and hazardous waste finding its way …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haat Supreme Wastech Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. Vs State of Haryana & Ors regarding bio-medical waste dated 22/05/2013.
PANJIM: Goa Medical College and Hospital has refuted that they were burning human anatomical waste as reported by officials of the Goa State Pollution Control Board and has instead asked that the Board scientists to conduct a fresh inspection. “We do not burn any biomedical waste in our premises. The …
Pune: A 28-member action committee of doctors has been formed to encourage medical practitioners to register for the common biomedical waste treatment facility at the Kailas crematorium. Over 200 doctors associated with 14 different city-based associations met on Tuesday -- the last day of the 15-day drive started by the …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) effort to bring all clinics under the ambit of its common bio medical waste (BMW) disposal system has received a poor response from doctors with only 30 clinics responding to the drive launched on May 1. Over 6,000 clinics and 107 nursing homes/hospitals in …
There is no policy or guidelines for disposing of toxic waste generated by city hospitals and nursing homes in the city. This shocking fact came to light in a recent RTI reply. According to the RTI reply, there does not seem to be any specific policy or instructions to dispose …
As if a pile of policies and laws on waste management were not enough, the government is drafting one more policy to deal with the garbage. “Though there are a good number of government bodies and laws — Solid Waste Management Board (1981), Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre …
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Thursday directed the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) to immediately stop the burning of biomedical waste. GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha directed "The GMC to destroy needles at the source before treating it with Eco system and to take immediate steps …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued instructions to Haryana government to submit the details of hospitals adhering to the prescribed standards for the management of biomedical waste. The Delhi bench of the NGT has been hearing a case regarding the bio medical waste in hospital in three states, including …
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 …
TNPCB issues consent to establish two such sludge disposal facilities at Tirupur and Karur. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued consent to establish two facilities for disposal of sludge generated from textile dyeing effluents. The Federation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Tiruppur and Federation of CETPS and …
JAIPUR: Come May and the country's first five-star rated green building in Achrol exclusively dedicated to environment audit will be ready to be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The International Centre for Environmental Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED), the first government green building, would be the only one in the …
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 …
Jaipur: Despite tall claims by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rajasthan on strategies to dispose of bio-medical waste, successive (3rd, 4th and 5th) Common Review Mission (CRM) reports have highlighted the state’s lackadaisical approach towards handling bio-medical waste. Even the largest state-run facility SMS Hospital that is located in …
The Department of Environment on Monday fined four government hospitals in the capital Tk 4 lakh for violating medical waste management rules. DoE fined National Heart Institute, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, National Orthopedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre and Dhaka Shishu Hospital for not managing medical wastes properly. DoE …
Urban sewage, hospital waste, and pesticide residues are polluting kole lands, the ecologically fragile wetland ecosystems in Malappuram and Thrissur noted for the integrated farming of rice and fish. An expert committee appointed by the State government has found that sewage pollution from urban areas was being directly discharged into …
Punjab Environment Secretary Muhammad Anwar Rashid has underlined the need for the establishment of District Committees, comprising the Health and Environment departments officers in the division under Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005 (HWMRs) to monitor the disposal of hospital/clinical waste on scientific lines. Presiding over a meeting here, the Punjab …
Punjab Health Department has issued instructions to all the EDOs Health to launch a special campaign for creating awareness against the disease of Hepatitis. According to an estimate more than 60 thousand people are carriers of hepatitis C in Punjab. This was stated by Director General Health Punjab, Dr. Nisar …
