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 …
Ranchi, May 4: For all its efforts to gift five new incinerators to the state, the pollution control board is undoing the good work by sitting on hundreds of applications from hospitals and nursing homes, seeking permission to handle and dispose of medical waste on their own. According to the …
MARGAO, Will the concerned authorities finally act in restoring the water bodies, including the Colva creek with the rampant water contamination coming under the scanner of High Court? High Court directives to the Colva Panchayat and other authorities to file a reply on the action taken on the directions issued …
The Punjab government has not yet taken steps to repair or replace the only incinerator installed at Holy Family Hospital which stopped functioning about two months back, forcing three government hospitals in the city to dispose of their infectious waste manually. Sources told Dawn on Sunday that since the incinerator …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking installation of a common unified bio medical waste facility for the city. The Chandigarh Administration had invited tenders for the installation of the incinerator at Dadumajra. Senior standing counsel for the UT Administration Sanjay Kaushal …
Lavasa is called a hill station but does not offer the cool comfort of one. In May and June temperatures touch nearly 40°C— not an ideal summer getaway. In nearby Mahabaleshwar, temperatures rarely cross 35°C. Then what prompted the city’s developer, Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL), to promote it as a …
Ranchi, April 13: Biomedical waste upping the hazard quotient in the capital and elsewhere will soon be a thing of the past, courtesy Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), which has decided to set up not one, but five new incinerators for quick disposal. To be christened the Central Bio-waste …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today assured the resident welfare associations of Okhla that there would be no health hazard due to the waste-to-energy plant being built in the area because only domestic waste would be used to generate power. The CM gave the assurance to the RWAs at a …
This report estimates the usage of Mercury (Hg) containing thermometers and sphygmomanometer in urban (government and private) and rural healthcare (community Health Centre, Primary Health Centre and Sub-centre) settings in India taking into account the “Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS)” recommended usage of these products in heathcare facilities. The breakage …
India has submitted the National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). MoEF will coordinate its implementation & the activities will spread over a period of 12 years from 2011-2022. The objective of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (SC) is to protect human health …
ERODE: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is planning to amend the rules to further tighten the norms on bio-medical waste management, said Dr R Sridhar, deputy director, hazardous system management division of the ministry. Addressing at the workshop on bio medical waste management, jointly organised by TNPCB, Erode …
COIMBATORE: Residents of localities near the Employees State Insurance Corporation hospital on Kamarajar Road, Singanallur, are troubled by smoke coming out of the waste being burnt at the hospital. S. Chandrasekar, an activist who works in the area, said for the past four months waste was being burnt at regular …
Clearance of solid and liquid waste is a challenge in itself. Hospital waste management is one of the most important aspects of hospital administration. With no solution around the corner, most of the organisations are involved in burning waste, which is one of the most easiest methods of disposing waste. …
Bangalore is in a better position compared to other parts of the State when it comes to implementation of an action plan on bio-medical waste management. The action plan was submitted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to the Lok Adalat a couple of months ago. The action …
Twenty-eight hospitals in Karnataka were involved in an internationally funded pilot project for better management of biomedical waste last year. The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), along with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), had launched the project in five states, including Karnataka. The project was aimed at …
Jan. 4: Unscientific disposal of bio-medical waste by several health centres, mainly dental clinics, primary health centres, community health centres and diagnostic centres poses a health hazard to the general public, sanitation workers and rag pickers in East Godavari. More than 400 health centres exist in the district at present …
Gokul Chandrasekar | ENS A method called burn and churn is being proposed by the CPCB to deal with the safe disposal of biomedical waste in the country THE Central Pollution Control Board proposes to implement new technologies to efficiently handle the biomedical waste produced by hospitals across the country.
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, Dec 14, DHNS: Acting on the Lok Adalat directions, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued notices to as many as 749 healthcare units in the City for not complying with the Bio Medical Waste Rules, 1998. These units have also reportedly failed to produce the …
In a move which may put hospitals, nursing homes and medical institutions in a tight corner, the Margao Municipal Council on Monday issued a note asking all establishments generating bio-medical waste to stop disposing off the waste within the jurisdiction of the civic body with immediate effect. MMC Chief Officer …
