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 …
Panel recommends measures to avoid health hazards JAMMU: Painting a gloomy picture vis-à-vis management and disposal of bio-medical and other wastes in the Government and private hospitals, a six member committee constituted by the Government has arrived at a conclusion that laid down rules are being thrown into winds in …
BHUBANESWAR: Hospitals generating large amount of biomedical wastes would soon be able to dispose them of without emitting toxic chemicals. Non-burn technology in the state's selected hospitals, would soon replace the old practice of burning biomedical waste in an incinerator, which emit toxic chemicals. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board …
With delegates from 130 countries working this week in Geneva to create the first legally binding international treaty to reduce mercury emissions, India has decided to push for a flexible global regime to reduce the levels of the dangerous persistent chemical. Persistent mercury concentrations and accumulation in the food chain …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has slapped a penalty of Rs30,000 on Arneja Hospital for dumping bio-medical waste in the garbage. Medical officer (sanitation) Dr Ashok Urkude said the bio-medical waste of Arneja Hospital, Ramdaspeth, was found in the garbage during an inspection of the hospital on Wednesday. "We imposed …
With the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) failing to keep a check on health institutes in Patiala, healthcare centres, nursing homes and hospitals have started dumping bio-medical waste in the open. During a visit to areas near the New Lal Bagh, Khalsa College Road and the Badungar Road, it was …
New Delhi: Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in south-Delhi notched up a big victory on Tuesday after Delhi high court ordered shifting of a bio-medical waste treatment plant situated 30m from the colony. Seeing merit in the plea of the residents that proximity of the plant posed a health hazard, a …
Twenty-eight Punjab hospitals have been selected for an international project aimed at effective management of bio-medical waste. Of these hospitals, four are big, eight medium and 16 small ventures. The initiative is part of a project being executed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Union Ministry …
PANJIM: In a bid to ease its huge bio-medical waste problem, the Goa Medical College has begun testing its newly acquired bio-medical waste incinerator feeding small amounts of medical waste to it initially. “We have started using it. Right now, trial runs are on with the help of officials of …
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (Central Act No.6 of 1974), the State Government, after consultation with the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Rajasthan Water (Prevention and Control …
Despite concerns from several quarters including the Odisha High Court, bio-medical waste management and handling in different government hospitals including three state-run medical colleges and hospital is in total disarray due to non-allocation of funds for the purpose by the health and family welfare department. This was revealed at the …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Mallige Hospital on Crescent Road for dumping bio-medical waste in an open area near Hebbal Lake. It has issued a showcause notice to the hospital, asking it why its trade licence should not be cancelled. …
A government team started inspecting hospital waste management systems in the Kathmandu Valley from today after reports that hospitals are mixing toxic waste with general waste against the law. The team formed under Krishna Hari Baskota, secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, monitored the waste management system at Bir Hospital …
Hospicio bio-medical waste management once again came under scanner after waste stacked in plastic bags was found dumped within the hospital premises on Sunday. The hospital management has been resorting to the deep burial method to dispose of the bio-medical waste generated in this government district hospital. However, waste including …
The holy waters of Beas river have gradually become a dustbin, sewerage and even a corpse-yard for the residents as well as visitors in Kullu. It's blue water, with white rapids, looks so beautiful from a distance, but the reality remains quite different. Be it hotels, restaurants, houses or even …
The Malampuzha Dam Protection Council has called upon the government to close down a hospital waste management plant run by Indian Medical Association Goes Eco-Friendly (IMAGE), an initiative of the Indian Medical Association, at Manthuruthy in Malampuzha. In a statement here on Monday, council secretary P.S. Panikkar raised concerns of …
The Chennai Corporation will strengthen the management of biomedical waste in the city shortly. At a meeting attended by representatives of the Corporation, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Department of Environment among others, the Corporation was asked to improve scientific disposal of biomedical waste. This constitutes over …
China's first official plan for hazardous-waste control was released on Thursday. Four ministries, including the Environmental Protection Ministry, published the plan, which aims to determine the exact amount and distribution of hazardous waste nationwide; to increase the level of standardized management; and to reduce the environmental risk it might bring …
DIMAPUR: Even as maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene by both government-run hospitals and health centres as well as the mushrooming private hospitals and clinics in Nagaland has been under public scrutiny, it was announced on Wednesday that ‘Nagaland is now at par with any of the major hospitals of the …
Seeks details from States on system adopted to prevent radiation Concerned over lack of proper facilities for disposal of radioactive substances used in government hospitals, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked States to provide it with information on the disposal of radioactive waste from hospitals. The States have …
If found guilty, a fine will be imposed on the hospital, officials say The Coimbatore Corporation has issued notice to Ganga Hospital here for attempting to dump biomedical waste at its waste management facility in Vellalore. According to T.K. Ponnusamy, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, the civic body issued the notice on …
