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 …
NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has urged the States of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to pool their resources to draft bio-medical waste disposal guidelines. According to ASSOCHAM, Delhi and the National Capital Region collectively generate over 3,400 tonnes of medical waste annually, …
The state health department issued fresh guidelines on Monday to hospitals and nursing homes for the proper use, maintenance and disposal of radioactive sources. The advisory comes weeks after radioactive Cobalt-60 found at the Mayapuri scrap market claimed one life and injured six others. The guidelines
Stricter disposal guidelines planned for infectious wastes, penalties to be imposed for violations The Delhi government will announce new, stricter guidelines for disposal of bio-medical waste by hospitals. The decision came after the recent incident of radioactive waste ending up in Mayapuri scrap market that claimed a life, and a …
The state pollution control board has slapped a closure notice on Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) for failing to dispose of infectious biomedical waste properly. The notice, issued on April 23, will be implemented
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has urged all health care institutions, including hospitals, clinics, clinical laboratories and veterinary institutions, to mutilate used needles and syringes to prevent reuse. In a press release issued here on Wednesday, the PCB said that used needles and syringes must be mutilated to …
Action against clinics sought A ruckus was witnessed near Balmiki Chowk when some residents noticed a rickshaw-puller dumping bio-medical waste, including human placenta, along with the garbage at a place earmarked by the municipal council to dump household refuse. Angry residents caught the rickshaw-puller and called the police, demanding action …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Half the bio-medical waste generated in the country's hospitals is just dumped with municipal garbage, without any special treatment, according to a recent study evaluating the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). In fact, almost 15,000 hospitals have been served show cause notices as defaulters for not …
The Delhi Government proposal to set up a multi-speciality hospital in Dwarka sub-city at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore has got clearance from an environment panel. The State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), while recommending the project to a higher panel, also approved the Government plan to redesign …
State government is planning to implement spot fine on residential people for developing civic sense for better clean and green environment in Major cities as well as small and medium towns at Municipal Corporation and Municipal Panchayats level. In this fine would be collected for open sanitation and open garbage …
This report submitted to MoEF provides a road map for managing wastes in India. Examines existing administrative and regulatory mechanisms to manage various types of waste and details strategies for sustainable waste management. Rapid economic growth is leading to urbanization and industrialization generating waste which is adversely effecting the environment. …
Rajini says Endhiran in July Amarnath Parida PARADIP: Lakhs of rupees were spent on creating a containment area for bio-medical waste management at the district headquarter hospital in Jagatsinghpur in 2003. Under the Health System Development project, machineries like shredder, autoclave and incinerator were installed at the containment area for …
After the biomedical waste treatment plant in Sewree was closed down in 2003 amid complaints of pollution in the nearby areas, the one at Deonar has run afoul of residents, who complain the pollutants and allergens being emitted by the plant is causing a wide range of illness. The Maharashtra …
A UN agency has teamed up with the Indian government in a $40-million pilot project in five Indian states to help the country's healthcare system dispose of hazardous medical waste. The five-year project will be implemented in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Punjab, with Bangalore's M.S. Ramaiah Medical College acting …
COIMBATORE: C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre will conduct on February 12 a workshop on biomedical waste management for doctors and health care workers of South India. Initiative An initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the workshop would have doctors and paramedical officers from Government and private hospitals and members …
'India generates around 3.30 lakh tonnes of bio-medical waste annually. But the country is a centre of excellence in healthcare in the world and recently there has been a tremendous influx of westerners seeking medical care. Thus, India should dispose its bio-medical waste appropriately,
Months after notices were issued to 56 hospital establishments in Pune, 177 hospitals and clinics in Solapur and Satara districts have been issued show-cause notices by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for not treating their bio-medical waste. MPCB officials said the Pune hospitals had paid the fines and authorisation …
Formation of a high-powered committee to ensure safe and efficient disposal of hospital waste was ordered Wednesday by a division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi. The bench was hearing a constitution petition filed by Qazi Athar Ali Advocate against dangerous …
Ragpickers rummage through a waste heap in Bokaro on Monday. Picture by Pankaj Singh Bokaro, Jan. 4: Bokaro civil surgeon Dr Pramod Kumar has issued fresh orders to private nursing homes in the district about safe disposal of biomedical waste. Admitting that many private nursing homes and pathological testing centres …
The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) today finalised the contract to lift hotel garbage as well as the medical waste from the city. An organization called Unique Solid Waste Management from Taleigao was awarded the tender for Rs 1.30 lakh per month. Sources said that everyday two truck …
